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Originally Posted by vermin
He killed ten people. He should get the death penalty.
On purpose, on accident, what difference does it make?
None to the families of the deceased or the deceased themselves.
If you want to send a message of deterrence, you have to apply the punishments equally without considering age, race, sex, health, or mental competance. Otherwise your justice system becomes the joke that it is.
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That is a terrifying legal system you propose. I hope you realize just how terrifying it is. Imagine: I trip on a cord in my living room and bump my head on a table which has a metal bowl on it which falls out an open window and kills someone walking by. What possible purpose would putting me to death for that serve?
Not that my hypo is anything remotely close to the situation at hand, but as a system of justice, punishing eye-for-an-eye without regard for cause or fault makes absolutely no sense.