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Why? I just wrote that it's obviously better. Just not nearly as much better as people seem to believe.

• throwaway5752 7y ago
  Given our ability to exist in just one universe, the choice is not an alternate history versus present reality. It makes your framing odd. If you take the wrongful conviction as an axiom, the choice between death penalty and life imprisonment seems like an infinitely better improvement. If you can solve wrongful conviction (a separate issue that is much wider ranging that just the death penalty, given being barred from many lines of work and loss of one's right to vote after felony convictions, among other things) then that would obviously be better.
  • ulisesrmzroche 7y ago
    You’ve never been to jail, huh?
    • throwaway5752 7y ago
      Nope, have you? I don't see how it matters. I'm 100% sure I'd rather go to jail than be executed if I were falsely convicted.
      • ulisesrmzroche 7y ago
        I was condescending for a reason. Lots of people lose their minds when they realize it’s gonna be like that forever. I’m sure you’d change your mind.