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Nicko wrote:

Sendraks wrote:

Calilasseia wrote:

Sendraks wrote:Better to let a guilty man walk free than put an innocent man to death.

With the former option, you have the opportunity to correct the error. With the latter, you don't.

Absolutely. So many in favour of capital punishment are utterly indifferent to the consequences of putting innocents to death. They only care about retribution and justice plays a distinct second fiddle to that.

Personally, I'd oppose CP even if we could be 100% sure of people's guilt.

I just don't regard killing someone as something that can be justified on any grounds other than the defence of oneself or others from immanent death or serious harm.