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I think it boils down to this: If you are in favour of capital punishment, you should be prepared to sacrifice your own life for your beliefs. I don't think it is reasonable to suggest that anyone here has 100% faith in our legal system. Are you prepared to be the victim who though innocent has been found guilty and condemned to death?
I am not prepared to sacrifice my contribution to my family and to my society in order to give a 'sense of closure' to victims' families or to satisfy some public perception of justice. I actually happen to believe that except for the serial killer, a murderer can for the most part be rehabilitated and returned to society as a contributing member. If they can't, as in the case of the serial killers, then at least they can be studied and learned from in order to hopefully educate our sociologists and psychologists in order to help prevent or perhaps cure future persons from being afflicted by whatever mental disease/disorder caused them to commit their crime.
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"Act as if the future of the universe depends on what you do, while laughing at yourself for thinking that your actions make any difference."
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