07-03-2018, 03:57 PM
(07-03-2018, 03:35 PM)bfine32 Wrote: We have a judicial system, it is not perfect, nothing is or ever will be. By taking the death penalty of the table you take away a deterrent, a chance for closure for many families, and a just punishment in many cases.
The death penalty is no more of a deterrent than life without parole.
Death penalty is not the only way to create "closure" for the families of the victims.
Death penalty is not the only "just punishment" for a crime.
None of these "justifications" are worth the life of an innocent person.
