(August 6, 2022 at 11:30 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(August 6, 2022 at 8:37 pm)bennyboy Wrote: In short, why should those who disregard the rights of others still be extended any rights at all?
Because the right to a fair trial is guaranteed to anyone charged with a crime. And if an unfair trial results in a capital conviction, how is it that executing that innocent person performs any justice?
Like I said, sometimes we make mistakes. We might give a fair trial, decide that the evidence is heavily in favor of a conviction and meriting a death sentence-- and then discover that we made a mistake. That would be a tragedy. But not more of a tragedy than the many thousands of perfectly innocent souls that are lost each year in the accidents of operations of other aspects of society-- and I'd argue, in most cases probably less.
