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Originally Posted by BENZ-LGB
Let me ask you tis, are you completely opposed to the DP?
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Fair question, and the answer is yes. We have other methods of punishment that do not put innocents at risk of paying the ultimate price for a system's inherent mistakes.
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Let's assume, arguendo, that a system was designed that would guarantee with 100% certainty, that a convicted criminal was indeed guilty of the crime that he is charged with.
Just play along for the sake of this exercise. If such a system was designed, would you then still be opposed to the DP?
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If we're designing castles in the air, why don't we also create a judicial and trial system that is color blind, impassionate and as blind as lady justice is with her scales.
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If that is your position on the DP, then say so and that's fine. But don't try to tell me that our system is flawed (or that other systems are better than ours). I work in the system, been doing so for over two decades and I know how well it works, for all of our citizens.
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My objection position against the death penalty is fairly simple. It has nothing to do with which nation's judicial system is "fairer" or "efficient." The foundation of my belief is that it would be better to prosecute and incarcerate the most heinous killer or miscreant, than to support a system of punishment that has the potential kill innocents and call it justice.