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If I lived in a magical world where the death penalty cost less than life imprisonment and served as a major deterrent and everyone you executed was guaranteed to be guilty, then perhaps I would understand how some could support the death penalty.
In the real world, however, I fail to see any reason to support it other than as a tool for revenge, and that's not a very good reason.
It's not a significant deterrent. It doesn't save any money. It's not infallible.
It's indefensible.
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