QuestionQUESTION: I believe you are not taking into account the distinct possibility that the death row inmate MIGHT be innocent of his crime. Many death row inmates are exonerated because of DNA evidence. Given this, is even ONE execution justified if some innocent man is executed in order not to expose the 'flaws' in the system?
ANSWER: ...have we talked before? I know full well there's innocent people on death row. Oh, and there's many women there too, just saying. What does this have to do with a woman deciding what's best for her and her own uterus? Your question seems out of nowhere. And just food for thought: An inmate on death row does not under any condition have to donate blood or organs. But a woman forced through a pregnancy? She forfeits 9 months to gestation, and many more after.
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QUESTION: No we have not spoken before. In relation to abortion I bring this up because it seems that the basis for preventing abortions is that the victim is innocent (as well as being a human life). Many of those who are pro life are also pro death penalty. They defend their position by saying that unborn children are innocent and death row inmates are murderers. BUT if a death row inmate is really innocent and has been failed by the judicial system isn't the death penalty as heinous as abortion? Should even one innocent man be condemned in order to 'defend' the existence of the death penalty?
AnswerOh, ok. I think I may have misunderstood you, I apologize.
Well from my perspective, abortion isn't even close to heinous, but if we look from their perspective, then I'd like to see what their answer is. I can't tell you what they think of that, but it'd be interesting to confront them about. Maybe they'd say that it's the exception that someone's innocent, rather than the rule.
