I don't think I would want the responsibility for enforcing the death penalties. There's always the inevitable question of whether someone you gave the order to execute might truly have been innocent.
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As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.
I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us.
I think in some instances that the death penalty is required.
The goal is justice, not executions. We all want to make sure the process is fair and that the right person is punished. These recommendations are essential to that goal.
I have a moral position against the death penalty. But I took an oath of office to uphold it. Following an oath of office is also a moral obligation.
Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.
If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers.
I am against the death penalty.
I don't want to put one innocent person to death to put 99 that are guilty to death. So philosophically I'm a tooth-for-tooth guy, but the reality is the death penalty as public policy is flawed.
I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where they can never get out. They can never escape. They can never be paroled. Lock the bad ones away. But you gotta rethink everybody else.
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