Death Penalty - Your Comments

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PMC wrote:
The death penalty has one drawback - it's permanent.

Miscarriages of justice do happen, but you can't bring someone back from the dead.  Personally, I view the concept of the state taking a life from anyone with extreme distaste.  

I agree wholeheartedly with this stance. A single life taken for a crime not comitted by the convicted is enough reason for me to be against the death penalty. Not a single penal system is watertight enough to guarantee this will not happen.

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You can ask all you want, but whether it will be acted upon is very doubtful :-).