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Originally Posted by Brianna
No good work could equal my loss.
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That's not relevant. Killing the murderer doesn't equal your loss either. No punishment can affect the past. The issue is the future. Does the convict serve society better dead or alive? Dead, there's a possible deterrent value. Alive, there are the good works themselves as well as the example they provide to other inmates.
A situation in which more inmates reformed their lives would only be bad for people who want to kill them without moral ambiguity.