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Though I'm not advocating for the death penalty, it's high cost was created by the opponents of death penalty. I don't think "unfair" is the right word, but it
by scottyah 4y ago
Though I'm not advocating for the death penalty, it's high cost was created by the opponents of death penalty. I don't think "unfair" is the right word, but it sure is dirty.
- pavlov 4y agoDoesn’t high cost just mean there’s an extensive process in place to try to prevent killing innocent people (and yet it still happens). Not sure why that qualifies as “dirty” — wouldn’t killing without the process to save money be dirtier?
- MichaelZuo 4y agoI think the parent was implying most of the extensive process is there in the first place because of the same opponents insisting on them.
- miley_cyrus 4y agoActivists against the death penalty raise costs by frivolous litigation and then claim that the death penalty is too expensive. The same thing they've done with other things they don't like, e.g. nuclear power. It's circular logic.
- hackbinary 4y agoNo, proponents of the capital punishment attempt to create process that attempts to mitigate complaints made by abolishionists. Nice attempt at shifting the goalposts and shifting blame. And making a false equivalence with nuclear power. Abolishionists want capital punishment abolished because capital punishment is inhumane, cruel, and morally objectionable.