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In US law, treason is punishable by death. Abusing a government role undermines the legitimacy of gover and so is arguably treason (it isn't under current law,
by tamana 10y ago
In US law, treason is punishable by death. Abusing a government role undermines the legitimacy of gover and so is arguably treason (it isn't under current law, but some like GP believe it should be)
- zymhan 10y ago"undermining the legitimacy of gover [sic]" is far too squishy of a reason to execute someone. You need to prove that by killing them, society is better off than if we'd kept them in maximum security for the rest of their natural life.
- Karunamon 10y agoI'm generally against the death penalty, but I'm definitely open to reconsidering that stance when it comes to willful and egregious nonsense like this.
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- rhizome 10y agoIt isn't even arguably treason, as much as GP would like it to even be a question.
- nl 10y agoSo, whistleblowers would really, really need to be very very sure that some shady behaviour will be ruled unlawful before telling people about it...