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[Ghost in the Machine]

"I feel these people just don't get people like myself who are against the death penalty. We don't give a shit about people who's murdered another person either. What we give a shit about is ourselves. Executing people who've been convicted of murder is still an act of killing another human-being and we don't want to be involved with killing another human-being unless its in self-defense, and, a murderer sitting in prison is not requiring someone to defend themselves against him/her."


It seems to me, though, that some of the people who prefer life in prison are also the same ones who decry the "Prison Industrial Complex"..

I understand some of the argument against the death penalty, though. Yes, there have been innocent people who have been executed before. However, with the advance in technology today (DNA evidence), it is easier to convict with 100% certainty. I would support a clause in the death penalty laws which would allow executions only in cases where DNA, video evidence or outright confession proved guilt 100%.