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‘But then again, we have to protect the rights of criminals.’

Yea, what a shame that our Western society is so backwards and not more like Communist China.

Yea, what a shame that our Western society is so backwards and not more like Communist China.

I consider myself a "Richard Nixon, law and order type," but we must follow due process and make sure that if we take somebody's liberty for the commission of a crime, then we need to make sure he is guilty. Red China doesn't do that. I'll even admit I really don't believe in the death penalty except for heinous crimes like terrorism, treason in wartime or perhaps very heinous crimes against humanity, most other cases, I do wonder if the government would have the ability to take one's life. I'm not with the "free Mumia" crowd or anything, but if we are going to take lives for criminal punishment, at least every "T" should be crossed and "I" dotted. To replace the death penalty, I think maybe a high security prison in the Aleutians would do.