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Originally Posted by Maggy J
That's because there were too many miscarriages of justice when we did hang murderers.I'd rather spare every one of them to make sure that we don't kill the innocent. Guildford Four and Maguire 7? Remember those cases?
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That's true. But the solution is to actually apply the maxim of 'guilty beyond reasonable doubt'. I have seen so many reports of cases where there has been cause for reasonable doubt, and yet people get banged up anyway.