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Mistakes happen, killing people for killing just sends the message that killing is a solution.

There is a long list of "murders" that were found not guilty after being executed: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrongful_execution

Beyond that, some confessed murders go on to contribute to society, for example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Burroughs

Feel free to respond with your reasonings, though think in the end they'll fail to be reasonable.

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I suppose I should have clarified, my point was mostly that this kind of message isn't really an argument for anything. While it may look like it has more substance, Its simply saying "I don't like this". So it does not really contribute too much for the discussion, other than appealing to the emotions of the reader.

Personally I am not particularly for or against capital punishment, because I don't think the subject is researched well enough. And seeing as this is morally a problematic subject with regards to human rights ETC. I don't really have too many hopes it would ever be properly studied.

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