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To: Neocon who wrote (81783)	6/14/2000 8:33:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

If death is the fitting penalty, then the onus is on those who oppose it to persuade us that it should not be imposed... Death is the fitting penalty only because we have decided that it is the fitting penalty. If we decide that it is no longer fitting, then it isn't. It is up to us to make up our minds. When we make up our minds, we have defined what is just and fitting. The definition of what is just and fitting is an output from the decision process, not an input to it. The persuading factors against the death penalty are these: it is more expensive than the alternatives, it has no demonstrable deterrent value, and it poses the risk that a fallible system may execute an innocent. What are the arguments supporting it?