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If the murderers that become executed would have mended their ways and never killed anyone else, it would have been a needless execution, and therefore not justified. On the other hand if the other murderers that didn't become executed killed more people, an execution would have been justified. [/b]
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Most convicted criminals repeat their unlawful actions despite being imprisoned. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ I say why take any chances...if the convicted is found guilty (beyond a reasonable doubt) then by all means put them to death. If they once had a purpose in life then they have forfeited that goal by the unlawful taking of another persons life.
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The only hard thing is that you should be 100% sure that leaving the person alive would lead to the death of more people, and you can't reliably predict the future.[/b]
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Read through the provided link, it shows an overwhelming amount of data that correlates with criminals being repeat offenders (especially in the cases of sex crimes). I say why take the chance?
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Besides there are other means of preventing people from doing crimes, and those should be used over capital punishment.[/b]
Ok ok...I guess I'm not above torture and/or maiming the convicted to dissuade them from committing crimes in the future. I say burn there eyes out...I mean how many blind murderers have you ever heard of before?