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   From: dlentz10@/*NOSPAM*/rochester.rr.com   
      
   Guido Marx wrote:   
      
      
      
   > > Don't have a cow.   
   > >   
   > > Innocent people die every day.  In the United States, about ten   
   > > thousand legally innocent people are murdered every year.   
   > > Executing convicted murders saves innocent lives.   
   >   
   > I KNOW innocent people die every day.  The big difference is that I   
   > didn't kill them.  When the State kills innoncents in MY name - that   
   > is exactly what is happening.   
   >   
   > So David - how many innoncent people are you willing to fry evey year   
   > so that we can have a death penalty ?  And - any proof for your   
   > statement that the death penalty saves lives (as opposed to life in   
   > prison without parole ? )   
   >   
   > Here's another idea - why doesn't the state just hold a lottery   
   > amongst convicted killers and execute some percentage of them ?  That   
   > would probably be more fair than how we do it now.   
   >   
   > Guido   
      
   That is selfish as it is ignorant.  It is not better to have   
   thousands die just so that one person will not feel guilty.   The   
   lives of people count more than hurt sensitivities.   
      
   David   
      
   David   
      
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