Kidnapped girl found 18 years later

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Redux

So is it acceptable to you, assuming you are a capital punishment supporter, that even one innocent person be executed?

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

No. But I still fully support it for those who are convicted and deserve it. It is certainly a moral delima for the legal system and society at large.

You can't answer "no" to that question unless you knowingly choose to exit the realm of reality. If you accept that the system is not 100% infallible, and you accept that said system has the power to take a human life, and you support said system, then you have to answer "yes" to the question, i.e. it must, logically, be acceptable to that an innocent person could be put to death by the state. You can choose to ignore this, but palming it off on "society" doesn't make it go away, or remove you from taking responsibility for your own position.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Flint

You can't answer "no" to that question unless you knowingly choose to exit the realm of reality. If you accept that the system is not 100% infallible, and you accept that said system has the power to take a human life, and you support said system, then you have to answer "yes" to the question, i.e. it must, logically, be acceptable to that an innocent person could be put to death by the state. You can choose to ignore this, but palming it off on "society" doesn't make it go away, or remove you from taking responsibility for your own position.

No, you are wrong. I can answer it any way I choose and you are free to read into it. I don't have to answer it any way other than I did. I fully support the Death Penalty as punishment. I have not "palmed" it off on anyone. I have stated that it remains a moral delima for the legal system and society at large when innocent victims are accidently put to death by the system. I have not shirked my responsiblity for my position, merely stated the facts as they now exist.