A moral dilemma for death penalty opponents

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

     Not guilty. Two wrongs don't make a right, though as pointed out elsewhere this would never happen in real life.

But how is letting a murderer go free better?

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Yeah, and I want to take you up on that.

Let's say that the murderer openly says that he will kill again if released. What do you do?

'kay, now our hypothetical is getting way irrational.

This hypothetical was never really that rational.

And even if somebody happened to get on the jury and was opposed to the death penalty, and the murderer was clearly guilty, and the juror said "not guildty" on principle, it'd just lead to a hung jury.