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In response to "What would be an argument for the death penalty other than vengence?" by Guigue

I don't believe it's vengeance. I belive it's justice.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) May 12 '10, 11:32

A person in jail is still able to inflict damage unto society either by crimes in prison or influencing those there with them.

Our system is broken, unquestionably; so I don't put a lot of stock in those #'s of costing more and so forth given how broken it is. Comparing a working system and a broken one is not a equitable.

More to the point, I believe there is evil in the world; I believe eliminating that evil as expeditiously as possible minimizes future evil. However, eliminating it within the fairest system possible is a necessity.

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Hitler thought the Jews were evil -- nm - CQ May 12, 11:33 4
- Invoking Hitler here is just absurd. - Will Hunting May 12, 11:35 3
  - yeah, lame attempt at humor, but to say someone, however evil they may be, deserves to die is not anyone's choice to make imo -- nm - CQ May 12, 11:41 1
    - We grant that power to people every day. - Will Hunting May 12, 11:45
  - Word. -- nm - Jim May 12, 11:39
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