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Well, you can't just execute those people. You either execute no one or you execute some innocent people along with the 'deserving'. You think it is more just
by drabiega 11y ago
Well, you can't just execute those people. You either execute no one or you execute some innocent people along with the 'deserving'.
You think it is more just to kill the innocent than simple imprison the 'deserving' for life?
- wtbob 11y ago> You either execute no one or you execute some innocent people along with the 'deserving'. Likewise with imprisonment. Innocents will die in prison even if they don't die on the gallows. > You think it is more just to kill the innocent than simple imprison the 'deserving' for life? Those aren't the choices: the choices are to be just in execution of the depraved (and unjust in accidentally executing the innocent) or to be unjust in imprisoning the depraved (and unjust in accidentally imprisoning the innocent). IMHO the justice delta between executing & imprisoning the truly evil is greater than that between accidentally executing & imprisoning the innocent.