The death penalty.

[Khuutra]

oldschoolfool said:

Khuutra said:

That's not true at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_phenomenon

Assumption that a system works is a logical fallacy when applied in certain contexts.

Your justification falls all over itself because it's hypocritical; you can't claim to not care what's inhumane and then argue that we have to consider the feeling of the victim's family.

That's what the appeals process is for,to make sure they got a fair shake and look over any mistakes that may have happen. I'm sorry but if there was solid evidence that someone killed one of my loved ones,I'd want the dam death penality. Murder and rape is the lowest thing a human being can do and they don't deserve to live in my mind. Just they fact that they get years and sometimes decades of appeals,before the death penality is carried out,should be enough. So your saying all of these famous serial killers such as Ted bundy,Jefferey Dahmer deserved to live,I'm sorry,but I strongly disagree with you. I should just get out of this thread,because I feel strongly on this issue and I don't want to agrue this any longer.

What you would want in a hypothetical scenario is not a cogent argument, logically or morally. Sorry.