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tiny.ag/xegn7lp8  ·   Fair (25 ratings)  ·  submitted 2001

Is it justice to let a rapist or murderer live? How so? Are the scales balanced when a man who has robbed a woman of her sanctity and humanity, or who has smashed another man off the face of the earth, is permitted to live-- not only permitted to live but provided, at the expense of the very same people he has violated, with food, clothing and shelter for the rest of his natural life?

RHJunior, Is it justice to let him not live?

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