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by anonymous on 2005-04-21 08:09:15On the contrary, it places justice above life.
If someone's acts negate their right to life, then the right to life isn't fundamental. The victim had their rights denied, this is true, but another death will not resurrect the dead.
This lack of reference to fundamentals is a greater undermining of the ordinary man's inviolable value than a 'balancing out' induced by killing the perpetrator.
If the death penalty were an effective deterent, it could perhaps be argued that there was a transfer of life from the unworthy to the worthy, but this simply isn't the case. See deathpenaltyinfo.org.
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title: 'respect for life'
text: 'On the contrary, it places justice above life.
If someone's acts negate their right to life, then the right to life isn't fundamental. The victim had their rights denied, this is true, but another death will not resurrect the dead.
This lack of reference to fundamentals is a greater undermining of the ordinary man's inviolable value than a 'balancing out' induced by killing the perpetrator.
If the death penalty were an effective deterent, it could perhaps be argued that there was a transfer of life from the unworthy to the worthy, but this simply isn't the case. See deathpenaltyinfo.org.'
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date: 2005-04-21 08:09:15
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