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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 10:10 PM
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52. The parents do not decide the sentencing precisely because they
would most likely put their emotions over what ultimately is best for society at large. It's human nature, I would hope that I'd be able to overcome that, but again - I wouldn't WANT to decide the sentence precisely because of it.

Just as it is WRONG for people to kill other people, it is WRONG for the state to do the same.

If I *watched* someone kill my daughter, according to your logic, it wouldn't matter if I went out, found them, and then murdered them because a) I KNOW it was them, and b) the "State" is gonna do it anyway!

See why letting the State kill people as "justice" is a BAD thing?
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