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Politics : Long Live The Death Penalty!
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To: LPS5 who wrote (276)1/15/2003 9:17:42 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) of 828
 
One of the primary "addenda" of the social contract was the relinquishment of the right to private justice in favor of the State as peacekeeper. In order to ensure that there is no regression to vigilantism, vendetta, feud, or duel, it must be felt that the State is superior in meting out justice. If, however, it is widely thought that certain transgressions demand the ultimate penalty due to their heinousness, and the State foregoes execution, the trust in the administration of justice will be diminished, and private justice will be on the resurgence......
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