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   From: Rafael_Leyre@yahoo.com   
      
   The Steel Wolf  wrote in message news:...   
   >   
   > I'm personally somewhat ambivalent on capital punishment as an ideal,   
   > but I think the potential benefit thereof does not lie in its   
   > preventative value.   
      
   You have a point. I agree that a punishment can well be just and   
   justified without having any influence on crime statistics.   
      
   The essence of my view is that courts should respect physical   
   integrity of the accused. This is a watershed between the medieval and   
   modern concept of individual rights. I stick with the argument that   
   there is no way (no higher, just body) to garantee that courts are   
   everywhere and always just.   
   You could say that the US courts are 'of course' just and therefore   
   can apply capital punishment. It can not be hard however to imagine   
   that this is a subjective point of view, on which no mundial rule can   
   be built.   
      
   Rafael Leyre   
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