From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon Jul 29 2002 - 04:00:19 MDT
Emlyn O'regan wrote:
> Say that it is as bad to let a convicted murderer kill again as it is to
> execute an innocent man. You would execute 52,000 people to save 821.
> Therefore, no more than 821 of the 52,000 must be innocent, or else you are
> in the wrong (by your own maths). Are you confident that the legal system is
> 98.5% correct about murderers?
It is actually much worse to kill the innocent than to possibly
let a real muderer loose without rehabilitation imo. But then
I do not believe in the death penalty. It is a barbaric
throwback with no real merit.
- samantha
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