> Could this be used as an argument against capital punishment? If it is, it's equally applicable to any other situation where an innocent person dies in a leg

> Could this be used as an argument against capital punishment? If it is, it's equally applicable to any other situation where an innocent person dies in a legally-preventable situation, e.g. drunk driving (let's eliminate driving, that will 100% eliminate tens of thousands annually of those innocent drunk driving deaths). Or that < 1 guy on death row annually, in the case of capital punishment.[0] Here on Earth, with people, we understand that mistakes happen, that people are fallible, and that everything has both positive and negative tradeoffs—including capital punishment. [0] Yes, I treat ultra-rare capital punishment mistakes in the same mental category as innocent drunk driving deaths. It's sad that it happened (in both cases) and in a perfect world, neither would occur—but we do our best. (And as the case of drunk driving shows, literally no one believes in "if it saves one life" rhetoric consistently. There's more to life than safety.)