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This implies that there is nothing lost when someone is executed unfairly, or at least that the compensation might be worth more than their life. Perhaps you c
by episteme 4y ago
This implies that there is nothing lost when someone is executed unfairly, or at least that the compensation might be worth more than their life.
Perhaps you could argue that people would rather die than be locked up for 20 years, but I'm not so sure.
- dusted 4y agoI'm not saying nothing is lost, but to a state, what is lost is only the potential tax income from that person along with whatever the socioeconomic consequences of their execution may have on relatives. On a human level, it's deeply tragic, I don't know what's worse.. The positive value of a year well spent, the negative value of a year spent unfree..