Reply #47: All the arguments about retribution vs. just preventing a repeat offender and/or rehabilitating

[DarkTirade]

somone, or the moral issue of killing a killer go right out the window with just one simple fact: People can be wrongly convicted. I don't care if we manage to go for a hundred years without wrongly convicting a single person, there is still always that possibility. And death is something you can't undo or fix. If law enforcement (or even a civilian caught up in events) is forced to take a life to defend others, then it is acceptable. However once someone is in prison, especially if they have a life sentance, there is no reason good enough IMO. Just because a conviction CAN be wrong. And an innocent may be killed by the very same justice system that is supposed to protect the innocent.