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Originally Posted by SeattleUte
If pigs could fly.
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So we should nothing because we can't do it perfectly?
You know the efforts the legal system seeks to achieve no innocent person is executed. We employ many procedures to provide that protection. I worked as a federal judicial law clerk with others who specialized on death row inmates. There are diligent efforts to be fair. Let me further add, I know a relative intimately who participated in the decision whether to impose that penalty. It is a horrible thing to do. The relative related, even though it was done in other times, that it caused this relative to have to vomit profusely to consider the imposition. It is a very serious issue. But just because it is serious doesn't mean we should shirk the responsibility.
There are many abuses within our system of justice and I wager far more abuse is dealt out in the non-death punishments than in death cases.
Can we do more? Absolutely. Are we trying diligently? I believe so.