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I agree with Val that there are some people that we are much better off without, and am no pacifist. But I am opposed to the death penalty for only one reason.
The system makes mistakes. There is ample proof that innocent people sometimes, just sometimes, do get convicted. Since death is kind of irreversable, I think a society should not execute people.
Now, please, don't think l want to see us releasing dangerous criminals into society. I do not! But I am opposed to killing them, only because the system has screwed up in the past, and I suspect that, since it is made up of humans, it will screw up in the future.
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