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To: greenspirit who wrote (21669)	6/27/2000 1:22:00 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

It may not work as a deterrence, There is no proof that it is not a deterrent. If only a single innocent victim is saved by the death penalty, it is worth it.

To: greenspirit who wrote (21669)	6/27/2000 1:57:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 769670

It doesn't matter if it's a close call. On the one hand you have an individual who, for whatever reason pre-meditated or not, murders someone. That can never be completely controlled -- at least not in a free society. On the other, you have a flawed, imperfect system designed to execute individuals in a mechanistic, pre-determined way. It is a system which allows for the erroneous execution of innocent individuals. Can this system be corrected and improved upon? Yes.