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Wow. Unless, of course, YOU are the innocent person being executed. Then the comparison doesn't matter at all, doesn't it?

• grahamburger 11y ago
  What if you are the innocent person being murdered by someone who would have been deterred by the possibility of capital punishment?
  • ImTalking 11y ago
    That's not the scenario. I'm saying what happens if you are the innocent one being falsely executed.
    • msellout 11y ago
      Why should we think about one scenario but not the other?
      • ImTalking 11y ago
        Because saying "an innocent person being murdered by someone who..." doesn't make sense. What are they innocent of?
  • tehwebguy 11y ago
    Yeah good point. I'll be sure to write, "if only the person that stabbed me in this dark alley had the deterrent of possibly being convicted and executed maybe I would still be alive" in blood before I lose consciousness or run out of blood.