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The biggest reason I oppose the death penalty, but am less opposed to the other two is that the death penalty is irreversible. I think the death penalty is warr
by darawk 4y ago
The biggest reason I oppose the death penalty, but am less opposed to the other two is that the death penalty is irreversible. I think the death penalty is warranted for some crimes. I feel pretty good about executing someone like Jeffrey Dahmer, for example. What I don't feel good about is the certainty of our courts results. And until we have courts that produce perfect or near perfect verdicts, I wouldn't be comfortable employing an irreversible punishment.
- strangattractor 4y agoOr the fairness or cost of the death penalties application.
- Xelynega 4y agoHow is sending someone to prison for 50 years "reversible"?
- darawk 4y agoYou can at least let them out if/when you discover their innocence.
- PeterisP 4y agoIf you choose to send them to prison for 50 years, you can reverse the decision three years down the line if circumstances change (e.g. the real culprit gets identified), which is something that has happened.
- Maursault 4y ago> The biggest reason I oppose the death penalty... is that the death penalty is irreversible. While true, there are better reasons to oppose the death penalty.[1][2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrongful_execution#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrongful_execution#United_Stat... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_capital_punishment_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_capital_punishment_in...
- darawk 4y agoIsn't #1 the same thing as what I said? Irreversibility is a problem because of the fallibility of the courts.
- Maursault 4y agoWrongful execution is more specific. The term you've chosen is broad enough to include regret for the loss of possible defense or prosecution testimony for other crimes and suspects, as well as regret for the loss of any possibility of future pardon, which is a forgiveness, inappropriate for wrongful conviction. Though pardon has been used before to expedite release, forgiving the innocent doesn't make any sense. Wrongful execution is far more heinous than the loss of testimony or pardon.
- darawk 4y agoOh ok. Well what I meant to refer to was wrongful conviction, so I think we mostly agree.