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No, because these people have done terrible things, and society will not allow them to be redeemed. Is it more cruel to put somebody in a box for decades, or p
by douche 10y ago
No, because these people have done terrible things, and society will not allow them to be redeemed. Is it more cruel to put somebody in a box for decades, or put a bullet in their brain and get it over with? I know which I would prefer.
Three strikes laws are idiotic, as are most manifestations of the US criminal justice system. I object to the knee-jerk reaction that the death penalty is inherently bad, in all cases, under any circumstances, and if you don't think so too, you're a terrible, awful, probably racist bigot.
- coldtea 10y ago>No, because these people have done terrible things, and society will not allow them to be redeemed. Society can do much more than we give it credit for. Not all societies hold primitive eye-for-an-eye beliefs or worse. >I object to the knee-jerk reaction that the death penalty is inherently bad, in all cases, under any circumstances Well, societies that abolished it don't think so. At least their legislators and majority don't. Outliers will always think whatever they want (and grieving relatives of victims and such are the last that should be asked in those matters). For me the death penalty is not different from things like torture, slavery, judicial rape, etc. Wrong under any circumstances.
- icebraining 10y agoI know which I would prefer. Fine, then let's legalize euthanasia. Convicts who really prefer to die could do so. No need to the death penalty.