>>>I agree with this completely:
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>>>>I've said it before, but I think it bears repeating. Regardless what sort of murder a person commits - really vicious, or just vicious (how could it not be at least vicious), the person should be allowed out of prison either: 1. When discovered to actually be innocent of the crime, or 2. When the person they killed returns to life (plus about 10 years for causing such a disruption in the recently reanimated corpse's daily routine).
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>>I think we're forgetting the victims of those vicious murders. Is justice done for them if their murders live?
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>I guess it depends on your definition of 'justice'. If you believe that kililng somebody brings justice, then you may have a point. I believe however that killing that person brings nothing more than revenge, and I don't equate revenge with justice.
That's easy for you to say. But for the murdered, it is justice.
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