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Old 15-05-2025, 16:51   #13
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Re: Should capital punishment be brought back?

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Originally Posted by downquark1 View Post
Yes, but should be limited to very clear cases.
And therein lies the problem.

Criminal guilt is established in court ‘beyond reasonable doubt’. What higher legal test would you propose to be even more certain? And if there is a higher test that can reasonably be applied, why is it not applied already to all cases, so that we are certain we are not incarcerating innocent people?
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