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The importance is that the death of the convicted person could be wrong, and affects the court by making sure that they have the right person.

Another View: (in the US) The majority of the citizens of 39 jurisdictions apparently are not in agreement with the first contributor.

Defendants who receive the death penalty are not recidivists - they never re-offend.

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