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I don't have enough faith in our justice system to get it right every time. Our system is not perfect. Anyone in favor of the death penalty either: 1)Is ok with killing the occasional innocent person. Or 2)Believes the court system is never wrong. If you could show me they got it correct every time i would agree with the practice.

There's no real way to put a number on these, but let's just say that in the past 20 years, 5 innocent people have been sentenced to death and actually have been killed. Do you think the death penalty is so inefficient as a deterrent that in that same 20 year period, it hasn't deterred the killing of 5 innocent people?

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Posted by lsu2006

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Posted on 8/29/16 at 4:27 pm to UpToPar

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Do you think the death penalty is so inefficient as a deterrent that in that same 20 year period, it hasn't deterred the killing of 5 innocent people?

The death penalty is one of the most inefficient and costly elements of our entire criminal justice system.

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Posted by NYNolaguy1

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Posted on 8/29/16 at 5:12 pm to UpToPar

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There's no real way to put a number on these, but let's just say that in the past 20 years, 5 innocent people have been sentenced to death and actually have been killed. Do you think the death penalty is so inefficient as a deterrent that in that same 20 year period, it hasn't deterred the killing of 5 innocent people?

I am guessing you fall in the 1st category of being ok with killing the occasional innocent person.

Call me naïve but there's no way you convince me that killing innocent people serves a greater good.

It's literally that exact mentality that lead people to believe in the final solution.

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