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Sharon den Adel
Which is exactly why I am against the death penalty.
Just today I heard about a middle aged man released from prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder. This man had spent twenty seven years in prison before DNA evidence exonerated him. He is incredibly lucky he did not receive the death penalty, as likely he would not be here with us today.
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Fine, perfectly legitimate argument with regard to public policy concerning the death penalty, but wholly irrelevant to whether or not it is constitutional or not.
As Scalia says, 'want to abolish the death penalty, no problem! Convince your fellow citizens to do away with it through the democratic process', but don't go running to him to substitute your will for the will of the people by flat out ignoring the plain and unambiguous text of the Constitution.
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