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TexasObserver

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Sat Sep-19-09 12:33 PM
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9. I oppose the death penalty for moral and practical reasons.

The practical reasons:

1. It doesn't deter crime in any sense

2. It can never be fool proof, and that means innocents will continue to be wrongly put to death.

The moral reason:

1. It's wrong to kill a person convicted of a crime, no matter what the crime. Life with no parole affords the possibility that we got it wrong and can correct it. Besides, is life in prison really getting off easy?

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