09-22-2005, 01:47 AM
Pete,Sep 21 2005, 06:18 PM Wrote:All of these considerations contribute to the ineffectiveness of capital punishment. Indeed, the one valid argument against capital punishment is that if we're not going to use it right (i.e., in a hell of a lot more cases than we do) and if we're going to make it so difficult to implement, then we are better off eliminating it. And, of course, it is precisely to set up these conditions that the bleeding hearts have lobbied for all the special treatment. First, they pass the laws making it inefficient, then they use that same inefficiency to get it eliminated.
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More death penalties adds to the problems of people getting hit for no reason. After a certain point, it would be useful to ask if there was another way to keep the crime down.
Personally, if people will have the death penalty, I'd rather not fool around with the extra ceremonial stuff before the execution, but it is useful to make as sure as possible that the person is one way or the other.
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