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Originally Posted by saskbooknut
It is not a good idea, but not because the distributing drug dealers don't deserve it.
There have been enough examples of wrongly convicted people to bring the judicial certainty that is required for capital punishment into question. There clearly have been miscarriages in our system of justice.
The underlying social problems of the drug culture are not amenable to an easy fix.
You don't have to look very far to find people caught up in self-destructive behaviours within family or one's circle of close friends.
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Wrongly convicted people almost always involves corruption by the police or prosecutors, so if you are going to bring back the death penalty, it has to extend to anyone that plants evidence or gives false testimony, or coerces false testimony. People won't be anxious to put their own life on the line to solve a case or to build a reputation.