>>>Except when they screw up and kill an innocent person.
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>>Has that happened recently in USA?
>>You know how many appeals and years before an execution is carried out? There are plenty of safe guards in place.
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>>Many have been releases when verdict have been found to be an error.
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>So, what do they release? A corpse? I am sure it will be very grateful.
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>>>It is a barbaric practice.
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>>Nope. It's justice for the victims, their family and for the society.
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>Justice or Revenge?

Executions by the state prove that the mentality and morality of the state is compatible to that of the accused.

Before Bush became president the first time he was interviewed and one topic was the death penalty in Texas. Bush stated, “No innocent man has ever been executed in Texas. They all had a fair trial”!