Gary Johnson - Another 2012 Presidential Darkhorse?
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[QUOTE=OogalaBoogal;32015672]GunFox, you have some nice views when it comes to some of your points, but I disagree with your death penalty point. The death penalty is probably one of the worst ideas possible. No one ever deserves the absolute punishment of death. The justice system should NEVER be based on retribution for crimes. The justice system should focus on rehabilitating criminals, not entirely removing them from society. In a justice system, all punishments should be "reversible" (such as monetary compensation), in case of a bad verdict. When you kill someone, that option is gone. Recently, a man sentenced to death after a very very very bad trial was set free (see "West Memphis Three"). He was only 18 when he was convicted and there was no evidence against him, thought everyone thought he was guilty because he, and his friend listened to death metal. He was on death row for many years. After 18 years, he was finally set free. If he was killed, and the others found innocent, there would be no way to have the punishment reversed. It's also cheaper to keep people in prisons than to kill them. In a California justice commission in 2008, The reported cost was 37.2$ million dollars for only one execution. That is expensive.
It also goes against all the morals that your parents taught you. Two wrongs don't make a right. They never do in reality. Murdering people for murders is just stupid.
(I in no way want this to become a death penalty discussion, those always end badly!)[/QUOTE]
Oops, guess I didn't make that one clear.
I agree with you. The Justice system makes mistakes, and death can't be taken back. Unlike people who are imprisoned, you can't release dead people in the event you find exonerating evidence.
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