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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
It has nothing to do with revenge, payback, even the score or balancing the scale.
When the courts have determined that a person is not, and will not, be allowed back into society because they pose a danger to the population, then they are separated from society permanently.
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Does it really make that much difference to them to be in maximum security?
What about the ones that say, "Yeah, I did it and would rather die then be locked up. Would you honor their wishes?
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appear to deviate from the stated goal of separating them from society, and enter the realm of execution as punishment.
I don't know what their preference would be, however I do know that if we choose to execute individuals based on the outcome of a system that isn't 100% infallible, then there will be some percentage of innocent people wrongly executed by the state, with our consent. Can you disagree?
Either we can ignore that reality, or we can state that it is acceptable as a trade-off for something. What that "something" is is what I am asking you.
What is the price of one innocent human life? What can we get in return for knowingly executing an anonymous human being, that will make it okay?
You must know the answer, since you support doing so.