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Say we do such a good job that we get a single wrongful execution per decade. Do you feel that cost is worth the benefits of the death penalty?
by progman32 5y ago
Say we do such a good job that we get a single wrongful execution per decade. Do you feel that cost is worth the benefits of the death penalty?
- stickfigure 5y agoPossibly? I always heard it as "better to let 10 guilty people go free than to punish one innocent man", which suggests that there is a reasonable exchange rate. The problem with putting really horrible people in prison for life is that they victimize other prisoners. Prison isn't hell because of the guards.
- progman32 5y agoI'm not sure that saying establishes an exchange rate. As phrased it at best establishes a lower bound. I suggest there's solutions to the prisoner victimization issue that don't involve the death penalty.