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"Retribution would require mimicry of the original crimes."

No, it would not. That's not the definition of retribution.

>>standa+(OP)
Suggesting any negative consequence was retribution would imply that simply sending someone to prison was also retribution and thus the death penalty was unnecessary.

The argument was one for the proportionality of death for death, but death wasn’t the only harm. That’s an inherent contradiction in the argument being made. You can’t argue an unequal punishment balances the scales here.