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To: PapaNew
Because there's no right way to do the wrong thing.

Sorry--but execution is sometimes the most right thing to do.

6 posted on 05/06/2014 9:28:36 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

But someone was already executed for that capital crime. So this is double jeopardy, unjust and immoral.


11 posted on 05/06/2014 9:32:42 AM PDT by PapaNew
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To: ShadowAce

Agreed. Some folks do not make a distinction between the state executing an individual for a crime and a revenge killing by an aggrieved family member.


13 posted on 05/06/2014 9:33:37 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: ShadowAce
Sorry--but execution is sometimes the most right thing to do.

Agreed. Just as war is always a bad option but occasionally better than the other available choices, execution is always a bad option but sometimes better than keeping alive an evil predator who poses a danger to society, to the general prison population, and to prison guards. When evil people make evil choices, sometimes there are no good responses, and you have to settle for the best among a set of bad choices. In the past several decades, I have not heard of a single person executed whom I would prefer to release into society or to keep in prison where the killer might escape, injure or kill a prisoner or a guard, or otherwise inflict more harm on society.

33 posted on 05/06/2014 10:03:39 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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