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Old 11-28-2007, 02:28 AM   #101
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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute View Post
You practice criminal law? Then perhaps you can answer me this:

Why isn't "because he deserved it" a valid defense to homicide? It should be. Perhaps "the world is a better place with him dead" would be a better approach?
The easy answer is because the collective gets to decide whether he deserves "it" through due process, not an individual. It is a crappy system but better than any other yet devised.
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