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Re:The Case of Richard Glossip by chroma on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @12:33AM (#10294684)
So if a government was sufficiently competent, you'd be in favor of them executing people for some crimes?

I don't ask this to be snarky. I'd like for the death penalty to be abolished. But I do want to know if that's your true reason for rejecting the death penalty.[1] If it's not, perhaps there's a different, stronger reason for your view.

1. http://lesswrong.com/lw/wj/is_that_your_true_rejection/

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Re:The Case of Richard Glossip by joshuaheard on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @03:12PM (#10298742)
I used to be for the death penalty, until the spate of prisoner releases based on DNA evidence after DNA forensic technology hit the mainstream. If there was a fool-proof method of proving guilt, then yes, and eye for an eye. But with any system based on humans, you will have human error.
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