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KeenIdiot 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.

I don't think, and correct me if I'm wrong, that anyone is suggesting that forgoing Capital Punishment we just release the person.
It is entirely possible, and does happen, that someone guilty is found not guilty and goes out and kills again.
Life Without Parole at least covers for those people, whch seems to be not uncommon, who are put on death roe and found innocent.
No, it doesn't restore the time lost, but when found innocent they do have a life.