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Originally Posted by Redux
So is it acceptable to you, assuming you are a capital punishment supporter, that even one innocent person be executed?
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
No. But I still fully support it for those who are convicted and deserve it. It is certainly a moral delima for the legal system and society at large.
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You can't answer "no" to that question unless you knowingly choose to exit the realm of reality. If you accept that the system is not 100% infallible, and you accept that said system has the power to take a human life, and you support said system, then you have to answer "yes" to the question, i.e. it must, logically, be acceptable to that an innocent person could be put to death by the state. You can choose to ignore this, but palming it off on "society" doesn't make it go away, or remove you from taking responsibility for your own position.