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Originally Posted by Ace_O_Spades
Not if you see it as making the point that there are no appropriate methods of execution when there is an unknown rate of false imprisonment.
Seems pretty fundamentally tied to the question to me.
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You'd think but:
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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
I do believe that the death penalty should exist - for the crimes which society finds most horrible. i do not believe that it is a deterrent, and I believe miscarriages of justice are possible - but I believe it is a necessary ritual which society must observe to cleanse the horror of the most unacceptable crimes (as defined by the general will of the population)
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Strange Famous addressed this in his original post. As I read it, he just wants the history of execution and how it was deemed more humane to kill people in such fashions.