Re: Executing Child Rapists
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I have no philosophical objections to executions, just practical ones. We keep finding innocent people on Death Row, and it is almost certain that we have exceuted dozens if not hundreds of equally innocent men over the years. If we continue to execute murderers or child molesters, we will continue to execute innocent people as well.
So I prefer life imprisonment. We keep them off the streets so they can't harm people, but also have the chance to release someone if it turns out we made a mistake.
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Am I wrong to consider this as a straight EV calculation?
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That's the way I see it.
But others rather see 20 child rapists go free than chance executing one innocent man.
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