[Vision2020] Re: Only the short sighted think Death Penalty Must Be Abolised...

[joekc at adelphia.net]

Tony,

What evidence do you have that the death penalty reduces violent crime? The US is one of a handful of civilized countries with the death penalty and it also has one of the highest violent crime rates. 

Similar with this comment: "The net number of lives saved by eliminating  violent (repeat) offenders through capital punishment, far outweighes the number  of lives lost to human error." What support do you offer for this claim? Wouldn't life without parole result in the same "net number of lives saved" as execution?

Also, I've seen your posts on abortion where you state that it was always wrong to kill inocent people. Now you suggest that it is OK to kill innocent people so long as the right consequences result. Which is it? Is it always wrong to kill inocent people or can the death of an innocent person sometimes be justified by a "greater" social good?

By the way, what did you do with that money that your mom gave you for those logic classes?

--
Joe Campbell

---- ToeKneeTime at aol.com wrote: 

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Nick n Keely,
 
You are right, in rare instances the death penalty is applied to the  
innocent.  That is the price we must pay in order to reduce violent  crime.  No 
system is without mistakes so long as it is  administered by human beings.  The net 
number of lives saved by eliminating  violent (repeat) offenders through 
capital punishment, far outweighes the number  of lives lost to human error.  The 
end result is a net saving of lives  through the application of this 
appropriate sanction.
 
Have a logical day,  --Tony