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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany
Sorry to disagree with some folk, but I do think there are cases when Capital punishment should be used. If there is sufficient, valid, clear cut evidence to confirm a case, yes administer the death penalty. However should there be some areas of contention & insufficient clear cut evidence, a lesser sentence should be administered.
Eric, as to your point about the comment "Capital punishment is a deterrent" I think such a statement can be a bit ambiguous, what is certain though is that those served with a death sentence will never re-offend.
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... there was "sufficient, valid, clear cut evidence" to convict this guy, or else he wouldn't have been convicted in a Canadian court ... remember, we are the folks who will not even extradite anyone who would face the death penalty if returned to his own country. Problem is, he was innocent.
Bad enough he served his time in general population. In Georgia, and especially in Rick Perry's Texas, he would have been dead.
Just an aside: does anyone else see the irony in supporting the death penalty and, at the same time, opposing a woman's right to have access to a safe abortion? American Republicans, and probably quite a few UK tories, seem to have no problems with this contradiction.