Hypothesis: Due to the dubious and unproved value as a deterrent to violent crime, the inequity and mistakes inevitable in any system of justice instituted and administered by fallible human beings and the degrading and hurtful impulse toward retribution and revenge that it expresses, the abolition of capital punishment should be still maintained in Australian society. ... (Opas, P.1996) There's a big problem with this logic. ... Bulletin EdDesk Article Vol. 121 No. 5 by Eric Ellis The following table gives the date of abolition of capital punishment in each state in Australia. ...

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