It could cause - and it does - a lot of discussion about what it means to have a fair trial and how much certainty we can ever actually have.
I completely agree. If we could ever KNOW that that crime was exactly this way and it was committed by that person and they were likely to commit something like it again without repetence, then I believe it would be worth considering a permanent incarceration, if you like. And the most certain way of doing that would be putting them to death. Of course, if we could be sure that the punishment system we already have could keep in them inside permanently, then that too would be an option. But we can't know that right now.
Isn't that so odd. Same consequence, different meaning, different reason. It's that whole, "one death is a tragedy, a hundred deaths is an accident." or something to that effect.
surprisingly complex? it's about death, and rights. I don't know how anyone can underestimate its complexity :S
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I completely agree. If we could ever KNOW that that crime was exactly this way and it was committed by that person and they were likely to commit something like it again without repetence, then I believe it would be worth considering a permanent incarceration, if you like. And the most certain way of doing that would be putting them to death. Of course, if we could be sure that the punishment system we already have could keep in them inside permanently, then that too would be an option. But we can't know that right now.
Isn't that so odd. Same consequence, different meaning, different reason. It's that whole, "one death is a tragedy, a hundred deaths is an accident." or something to that effect.
surprisingly complex? it's about death, and rights. I don't know how anyone can underestimate its complexity :S