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jacobobb t1_j7ubtt2 wrote

Reply to comment by wrongbutt_longbutt in How the NFL avoids paying disabled players — with the union’s help by washingtonpost

Point taken, but they would say they have only executed people found guilty. That includes people wrongfully found guilty.

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FellKnight t1_j7vuyf1 wrote

and that's kind of the reason why most scholars are against capital punishment. You can't take it back once you kill someone.

In theory, in a perfect world where you can be 100% certain of guilt, I don't have a problem with capital punishment, but we do not live in that world, and as such, I have to be against capital punishment.

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