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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
Life in prison is a far worse punishment, it saves us money, and it avoids us having to worry about ever putting the wrong man to death. I honestly don't see much of a downside.
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So you're not o.k. with killing an innocent person, but you don't see much of a downside in doing something far worse?
There's always going to be some doubt in any conviction. We can either decide that at some point, the risk of punishing someone innocent is acceptable, or we can eliminate all punishments that aren't o.k. to mete out to innocent people. In the latter case, it seems odd to me to draw that line between death and life imprisonment.