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/^t/To stop the viscious circle, the opposition of capital punishment postulates a prison reform. They emphasize the fact that the object of modern penal system is not only the protection of society but also the reclamation of the criminal. Reeducation and reclamation of an offender, they believe, is likely to reduce the amount of crime. The only answer their adversaries give, is that hardened murderers are beyond hope of reform. On the expiry of their sentences they return as the source of danger to the society. Thus eradicating them is the same as cutting of a diseased organ. But who is to judge that the disease can't be cured?