re: #305 Obdicut

Do you accept that the death penalty must inevitably result in the use of it on someone innocent of the crime they were accused of?

Inevitably or intentionally? Two different concepts….

Rhetorically, easy to confound, but distinct.

And, frankly, it’s a risk we have to take in any human institution.

Better question: Should the willful and unlawful taking of life receive no punishment other than three hot meals a day an medical care until natural causes supervene?