>>>>>>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.
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>>>That's easy for you to say. But for the murdered, it is justice.
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>>You can't seriously think the murdered person really cares... can you?
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>Look, all I'm saying is just because one thinks it's revenge, doesn't mean it is.
>I don't view it as revenge. I look at it as just.
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>You can use revenge arguement with any form of punishment. Punishment should fit the crime. There is no justice in allowing violent/calculating murders to keep their life when they've taken others'. We put down violent dogs after they've mauled/killed a human. Murders are no longer human, in my view, and have no place in our society.

Ok, I guess that's where we part opinions. Murderer or not, imho, a human being is still a human being. I guess if you see this person as not human, then it becomes much easier. I can't turn it off like that.