<p>Hanna, I’m with you. I used to be pro-death penalty but there have been just too many convictions reversed on later evidence, such as DNA. I’ve read enough to conclude that it’s impossible to have a “fair” system. Race, economics, and variable use of qualified defense attorneys all seem to contribute to the system. There are still criminals for which I think, “He deserves it.” But I can’t come up with a way that <em>only</em> the deserving would suffer the penalty. Ergo.</p>
<p>From Hanna in post 140?.</p>
<p>?the tract made the distinction (I’m paraphrasing here) between policies that the church leadership supports, such as the abolition of the death penalty, and policies that the church leadership mandates, such as the abolition of legal abortion?</p>
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