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Old 03-20-2008, 03:19 AM   #50 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
I dont want to get off topic, but the death penalty really does exist to satisfy the will of the people - not to make the world safer.
No, it doesn't - in the UK, for instance, there is a small majority (and has been for some years) in support of the death penalty - yet the death penalty was abolished.

It obviously does not exist to satisfy the will of the people. It was abolished in spite of what "the people" may have wanted.
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