To say as the writer did that CP "does not deter crimes or bring peace to victims' families" is an opinion masquerading as a categorical fact.

The effectiveness of CP is still a matter of academic controversy.   The link I posted shows this is so.

I pointed this out because the writer was being misleading to state an opinion as if it were a fact.  Also, you are wrong to double down on the writer's opinion being a fact.   Again, it's simply an opinion.

 I'm just letting the readers know this, and advising them to take care when they read some of these overheated NCR columns.