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Georgia Execution: The Death Penalty Resumes | 51 comments (51 topical)

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So basically from some of the comments I (5.00 / 1) (#14)
by Florida Resident on Wed May 07, 2008 at 03:18:00 PM EST
gather that the Death Penalty (execution of convicts) is a matter of revenge and not of justice or deterrence.  Now what I would like to see those who feed us those horrible stories of the way victims being brutalized etc is giving us some data that shows us that countries that abolished the Death Penalty have had a surge of murders and horrible crimes.  Has there been a decline of murders since the Death Penalty was re-instituted in the US?  

Of course revenge plays a part in it. (none / 0) (#25)
by jimakaPPJ on Thu May 08, 2008 at 07:45:51 PM EST
Why shouldn't the victim's friends and family be allowed to extract some from the killer??

And what would be "justice" for the friends and families of the victim of some killer?? There can be  no "justice."

And why are you even concerned about the punishment meted out to a convicted killer??

My limited belief in LWOP is based only on not wanting to execute the wrong person, not on any concern for the killer.

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