This is why I'm for the death penalty.

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Well my reasoning in this thread have mainly been based on whether or not I find the death penalty morally acceptable, which I do.

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Fair enough.

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I don´t think the "really sure" will be relevant, as I dont think we should put people in prison at all if we are just "really sure".

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But I think people do go to prison on flimsy evidence and emotional appeals. Don't you?

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I dont think it invites disaster either, as the US has had the death penalty for 3 decades now, and only about 1000 have been executed, and I dont think anyone has found it likely that anyone of those might have been innocent.

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Do you know? Do you have any idea if anyone is even bothering to check? I don't. But I'm scared to hell of what an angry jury will do given a chance.

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Do you feel that the current situation in the US is a disaster when it comes to the death penalty and how it is applied?

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For sure. Millions of dollars of tax payer money to get...what exactly? Emotional closure for some victim's family? Revenge? What?