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To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (2125)	1/22/2001 8:29:56 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) of 82486

The purpose of executing a criminal is to unequivocally remove that criminal from participation in human society, human contact, and human life in any way, shape or form. That is its tangible, practical purpose. My feeling is that the same purpose can be achieved by permanent incarceration, and that government should not be allowed to wield more force than is required to achieve a given purpose. It must be recalled that if we allow the death penalty we create the possibility that an irrevocable punishment may someday be imposed on an innocent. If we can accomplish the same purpose without this risk, why not do it? What evidence do you have to suggest that our society would be more stable and safer without the death penalty? I don't think any is needed. The issue here, as in any case where we consider allowing the government to wield coercive force, is not why the government should not be allowed to wield that force, but why it should be allowed to. In the absence of any convincing reason to allow the government to use force, we should presume that it should not be allowed to use it.

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