>>>>>I think death sentence is something that have been abused so many times in the past, that we should learn to avoid it, and if we want to be fair, even the worst monster should get the same treatment, as terrible as it could sound. Killing a genocide is getting into his game. I guess life sentence (in a real prison, without any kind of prerrogative) could be even worst than death to a man like him.
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>>>>>Regards,
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>>>>We are in agreement. Capital punishment is a barbaric practice of the past. That the U.S. still enacts it in 2006 is a stain on our national history that will be remembered right up there, or should I say right down there, with slavery and the treatment of native Americans.
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>>>Salvery was barbaric and is a shameful stain in our history because it violated the lives and the dignity of millions of innocent people.
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>>>Capital punishment is purging our world of vile criminals.
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>>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.

And of course, you know for a fact that no innocents have been executed, for example when the verdict has not been found to be in error, even though it may well have been? Do you really think your system is perfect?

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>>Had we still been using capital punishment here in Canada, I can think of at least 3 recent cases of long overdue exoneration where persons would be long dead.
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>>Now, maybe in the U.S. the system is perfect and never makes a mistake, but I'm skeptical.
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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.

Hogwash. Sorry, but there can be no real justice for the victims or their families, and executing somebody certainly doesn't do it. Revenge, maybe. But Justice? No. Especially if the wrong person is executed and the actual perpetrator is still walking around free laughing about it all. And society? How does killing somebody help society? It just turns that society into an 18th century anachronism.

Should we cut the hands off thieves while we're at it? Would that too be justice?

>>>So how can you compare the two (or with our treatment of the native americans, for that matter)?
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>Still, how can you compare the two?

Why would I want to compare them? Wrong is wrong regardless whether we're talking about slavery, Native Americans, or the death penalty.

I don't think I know what you're asking me. Are you asking me to say that because we all but committed genocide against Native Americans and enslaved blacks, that executing people should be ok? I assume I'm must be missing the point of your question.