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There are no guarantees in the criminal justice system.
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Which is why such a final and permanent punishment cannot be applied if you are seeking justice.
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On the other hand crimes like the one mentioned in Texas are pretty clear cut. Eye witnesses, video tape evidence and confessions. What then?
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Convictions usually are pretty clear cut, if they were not pretty clear cut there wouldn't be a conviction.
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Again, my country. Justin Bourque shoots 5 RCMP officers in an ambush, killing 3. Death penalty candidate: check yes. I wouldn't lose any sleep on that one.
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Like I said, you can provide thousands of examples, they mean nothing as they can all be trumped by a single example(and you already supplied 4 of those yourself)
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The guarantee is impossible to give but the solution is not unworkable.
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It is the attempts to make a workable solution which makes the dealth penalty so expensive.
Not wanting to put a price on justice of course, but a lot of capital punishment advocates do fixate on costs of imprisonment without realising the finances involved in executions..