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Originally posted by Hootie
I ask those who aren't pro-death penalty to think how they'd feel if their mother, father, sister, brother, grandma, child, best friend, lover, co-worker were killed malitiously by one of these crazed people...what sort of justification would you want? I find it hard for even the most compassionate people to not want some sort of revenge!
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I'd probably enlist in the Guardian Angels, and take it upon myself to administer justice for whoever I felt was wronged....But is it my place to commit such acts? And where do we draw the line? Peolpe have different perceptions of punishment, a victim of robbery may feel the same level of punishment is adequate for the offender as someone who lost a family member. There are too many mitigating circumstances and not a definable criteria to determine (right now) who receives this for a majority of cases. But since it seems so many ppl have no problem with pulling the switch, maybe the jury can possess the power of whether someone lives or dies.