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Originally posted by RUgreek
So I guess if the two kids from columbine didn't commit suicide, no one would care that they would be protected from getting the death penalty?
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No, actually, I don't think that those kids SHOULD have gotten the death penalty. Why did they kill themselves after shooting up the school? Because they decided that death would be easier to take than the fallout of their actions if they remained alive. They knew that if they were allowed to live to 75, they'd spend a lot of that time regretting their actions and hating themselves and being miserable.
That's the problem with the death penalty -- most people would suffer infinitely more if they were allowed to live with what they've done than if they were put to death.
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