Utah killer executed by firing squad

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Originally Posted by Schneed10

A cost of doing business that I'm willing to accept, given today's increasing burden of proof when it comes to finding evidence required to obtain a conviction.

It's for the greater good. The accidental conviction and execution would have been done out of error, and therefore not equivocal to cold blooded murder.

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

No, because there was no malicious intent.

I'll buy the "greater good" argument, because it is a valid approach to moral reasoning -- not because I agree it is actually in the best interest of the people to grant the State the right to kill.

But, I won't buy the "warm blooded" argument. Just because a killing is planned, and absent of malicious intent, does not make it right.