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Show It's time for socieiy to make a decision tag back to old cases and re-trying them. This process could go - on for years, and often does. In effect; pur society claims we - ;lhave the death rjenalty, but we re . , It is not in anyone's best inteuest, the criminal's or society's, to keep playing games with the law. Simply put, we need a law ; that covers how we handle convicted killers. 5l It won't be a simple matter to decide, but it must be done. After a person is convicted and given a sentence is not the time to debate the issue. . - 1 If, under the law, a criminal is sentenced to death, that penalty pen-alty should be carried out If, under the law; a person is sen-, tenced to life in prison, that should be carried out The time for i debats is during the enactment of the law. We, as a society, E'jct Czciiz for or against the death penalty, and then build . solid rules and regulations around that decision.' Everyone , loses the way the system is now working. " , - |