 | | 08-03-2008, 01:28 PM |
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| Well, first of all,  Kar is here. 
Second of all, I totally get what you're saying... and I can see how someone could and would support the death penalty. I, too, believe there are cases where rehabilitation is just not gonna happen. And, in purely fiscal terms, it does prevent the burdening of taxpayer funds...
But I just can't reconcile myself to it. I'm not saying I'm right about this either. I just... I can't put my brain around it. Like welshgirlyUK said, it's no deterrent.
As for those who are beyond rehabilitation... Well, yeah, it's more expedient to get rid of them. And I'm sure it's abhorent to the families of their victims that they continue to live while their victims, presumably, do not.
Blame it on my belief in karma, but there's just too much symetry in putting a murderer to death for me to be able to stomach it, that's all. __________________  Sunny
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