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Longpatrol · 31-35, M
The death penalty should only be used in cases of murder, child sexual abuse, rape.
bijouxbroussard · F
@Longpatrol My understanding is that here the only capital cases are when a life has been taken. And often not even then, unless it’s a police officer or a hate crime. Even people convicted of treason have gotten life sentences in recent times. That used to be a capital crime.
Longpatrol · 31-35, M
That’s true, I personally feel that the capital crimes list should be expanded to include child sexual abuse and rape@bijouxbroussard
bijouxbroussard · F
@Longpatrol I can understand that. The only problem is, we’ve been wrong; people who have served time have been exonerated with the advent of DNA testing, some folks after [b]decades[/b]. They’ve been released and some have been compensated for being incarcerated while innocent. But you can’t give back someone’s [b]life[/b] if they’re executed while innocent.