[theweatherman]

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I think the real question here is not whether or not the death penalty is appropriate. It is whether or not doing good deeds while in prison should cause the justice system to lighten his sentence.

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The two ideas are inseperable IMO. The death penalty is enforced based solely on the person's crime. If Mother Teresa killed three people in texs her life or service would have zero weight in the case.

I think the real issue is that people are seeing that the death penalty kills good people too, thats why its so terrible.

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On another note, this criminal appears to want to discourage violence. I think that the best way to do that is for him to accept his fate and be accountable for the damage he has done.

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It has been shown many times over that the death penalty does little to detter violent criminals. Thus your idea that he should take his lumps is pointless, he would die and the only thing it will acomplish is a revenge vendetta.