Why the death penalty is a Lawless matter 5.0 star rating

Source: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/neil_durkin/blog/2009/06/18/why_the_death_penalty_is_a_lawless_matter

Call me a wet woolly liberal, but I've always thought that executing people has never really been about justice. What kind of justice system could ever harbour a punishment that is totally irreversible? When they find that someone's been wrongly executed, what do the authorities do? Posthumously pardon said person. Not much use.

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  • in for a penny.....I've joined the fray.....the first bit of blogging/commenting from myself for AGES.
    Let's see what abuse comes back.....

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Created by Niluccio on 18 June 2009

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The last DT blog post for a while ... but quite a lively comment thread on this one. Please put a comment up!

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