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maar melchior wathelet is toch een multirecidivist van dit soort ernstige fouten.
and yet melchior wathelet is a multiple offender when it comes to this kind of blunder.

indien de multirecidivist dutroux op de juiste wijze was gestraft, zouden julie, melissa, an en eefje nog in leven zijn.
if the multiple offender dutroux had received his just punishment, julie, melissa, anne and efje would still be alive.

maar men zou minstens evengoed kunnen argumenteren dat de doodstraf al heel wat levens van onschuldige mensen - slachtoffers van multirecidivisten zoals er véél rondlopen - had kunnen sparen.
but one could certainly just as well argue that the death penalty has saved the lives of a great many innocent people - the victims of multiple repeat offenders, many of whom are walking around freely.