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> Executions serve no purpose for society except to satisfy our thirst for revenge This is illogical. When someone is executed, the are gone... literally.
by watty 11y ago
> Executions serve no purpose for society except to satisfy our thirst for revenge
This is illogical. When someone is executed, the are gone... literally.
- humanrebar 11y agoIt's like: "We'll kill the killers the right way ('humanely', with due process, etc.) so you don't go vigilante and murder them yourselves." From this angle, assuming no other considerations, the legitimacy of the court system hinges on how often we see revenge killings. One could argue that the U.S. is more civilized now, so discouraging revenge killing is a fairly minor consideration.
- vectorjohn 11y agoRevenge killings are irrelevant. Nobody is saying instead of death penalty we should just free them. They'd be in prison. And if after 30 years someone gets parole, I highly doubt anyone will notice.
- Natsu 11y agoYes, execution does prevent the same person committing more crimes... or any crimes at all in the case of the innocent. Prison also does that, somewhat less effectively, simply by denying them the opportunity, though it's significantly less final and it's not exactly perfect because they could still hurt other guards/inmates, escape, etc. The real problem with them is whether there are better ways of accomplishing the goal of reducing crime.