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Phoenix wrote:

No matter how much a person deserves death (and there are many who do),
I'm not willing to give any government the power to make that decision.

Yep, and in the USA the government doesn't have that power. Only the jury
decides if they receive a death sentence or not.

Uh, no, the state and federal governments are consulted on appeal and
every death row inmate files for a stay of execution or a reprieve from
multiple sources who are NOT juries.

But FIRST a jury must deliver the death verdict. IIRC there is no judge
that can initiate a death penalty, he can only read the jury verdict.

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