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Re:This year we can end the death penalty in California by fauigerzigerk on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @07:12PM (#12850980)
>Yes it does and that's not what seems to bother people about the death penalty

It does seem to bother Paul Graham as he writes "The police often arrest the wrong person. Defendants' lawyers are often incompetent."

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Re:This year we can end the death penalty in California by bolocker on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @07:55PM (#12851214)
Clearly not, since that argument applies far more strongly to non-death penalty cases where there is far less scrutiny.

It's also clearly an argument intended for Other People who need pragmatic reasons for ending the death penalty. He is against it on purely ethical grounds, or in my opinion, because it makes him feel bad about himself.

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