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Capital punishment is a form of punishment that risks the worst of injustices. It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.

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Capital punishment is often rationalized by pointing to the bible. But if the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.

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Capital punishment is a punishment that would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.

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