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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (122836)	10/14/2009 9:24:13 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541851

I'm not sure how people who are afraid of government "death panels" square their ideas with government "death panels" for criminals- except that I guess they figure they'll never be subject to the death penalty, so who cares what happens to "criminals". All justice in the US is random (it's like that everywhere), and you get what you pay for. The rich have a different kind of "justice" than the poor have. It's like that everywhere else too. Those who imagine the law is "fair" haven't read many cases.

To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (122836)	10/14/2009 2:42:14 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 541851

>>The Willingham case shows that the death penalty is applied in a somewhat random fashion, a flaw that probably can't be fixed due to the human element ... if we could get someone like Professor Stephen Hawking to make the final judgment in death cases it might be workable, cause that dude is unlikely to make a mistake or base his decision on emotion ... but as things stand the only choice is to abandon the death penalty, which we will do eventually.<< Seminole - Even Stephen Hawking could make a mistake. Or the people providing information to him could make a mistake. The fact is that there is no system that is absolutely perfect. Thus, if we have a death penalty, no matter how many checks and balances are put in place, occasionally an innocent person will be executed. Some people feel that this is unacceptable. I'm in that camp. In my opinion, it is simply not OK for a government to put any innocent people to death. For that reason and a host of others, I believe the death penalty should be abolished. - Allen