Security & justice

For or against the death penalty?

The test question and the possible answers

The death penalty could be justified for certain crimes.

What's at stake: The death penalty is abolished throughout the EU. The debate is about the justice owed to victims against the risk of an irreversible error.

The left's argument

The state must never kill, and a miscarriage of justice could never be undone.

The right's argument

For certain crimes of extreme gravity, only this sentence would be proportionate.

And you, where do you stand?

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