Posted by Dave on 08/08/05 at 05:57:06 pm
Categories: Capital Punishment

From Kent Scheidegger, legal director of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, a pro-death penalty group [hat tip Mainstream Baptist]:

I wouldn't say that 20 or 30 cases out of 8,000 constitutes a broken system.

So let me get this straight. You are perfectly okay with 20-30 innocent people dying because it is a small percentage? Don't get me wrong. I understand that 20-30 people "only" make up 2-4% of the 8,000. But does that mean those 20-30 innocent deaths are inconsequential?

Mr. Scheidegger is perfectly okay with 20-30 innocent people dying in order to quest his thirst for "justice" and vengeance. But I will say this - a small percentage does not equate with an unbroken system. If we are killing any innocent people, the system is broken.

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