The Death Penalty

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<p>Neither. It’s an unfortunate consequence of excessive drug use. I don’t expect all things done by humans to be perfect.</p>

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<p>Well, that’s good. Because when it comes to the death penalty, there are all sorts of “imperfections” that one has to get used to: innocent people being sentenced to death, millions of dollars being spent on prosecutions that yield little (if any) demonstrable benefit, offenders whose bodies just won’t follow the damned protocol in the last minutes of their lives, etc., etc., etc.</p>

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<p>The benefit is that i feel very good that people like Campbell died before he would have naturally. As others have said…save it for the worst of the worst and be sure well beyond any doubt.</p>

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<p>“Does such a procedure degrade only the offender (who may well deserve no sympathy at all) - or does it degrade all of us?”</p>

<p>Excellent point and it is the heart of the matter when thinking about the death penalty.</p>

<p>I never understood the revenge motive of families of victims.</p>

<p>Karma, people. There are higher powers who will deal with the evil.</p>

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<p>Maybe your family has never been significantly victimized by crime.</p>

<p>In any event, I love the way Virginia handles criminals–not a death penalty crime this time. In Washington they’d be out in a couple of years.</p>

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