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by gxs 3515 days ago
This is a bit of a red herring as I am making no assertions regarding what else may or may be assured 100%.

We have different tolerance for accuracy depending on the context, and my assertion was that in this case 100% would be necessary for, at least me, to feel comfortable carrying out the punishment.
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mibbiting 3515 days ago
But my point is that are you just "ignoring" the other side of the argument - if you don't put a serial killer to death, there's a chance others will be killed.

If you don't put them to death, can you be 100% sure saving that life isn't going to cause more people to die?

It's not simply a case of "punishment". It's preventing further crime and deaths.

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