Nice example. I'd use it for an anti-gun-control argument, myself. If there'd been a firearm handy in the Groene household, perhaps all this horror could have been cut short. That would have been a wonderful thing. Gun control removes that possibility.
Still, now that he's in custody, I'm not awfully anxious that he die. Won't do a lot of good now. As long as he's kept locked-up, I don't care that much. Guess we're just different that way.
Not that I'm terribly anxious that he live either, assuming he's the evildoer described. Just create a justice system guaranteed to execute only evil guilty people, and it will be ok with me.
Look, I'll go so far as to say that Duncan deserves death. But I don't want him dead so much that I'm willing to risk ever executing any innocent persons to get him. Alas, justice is known to operate quite imperfectly, and the only way to be sure to avoid executing the innocent is not to execute anyone.
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