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You're right, there is no undo button for unnecessary prison time. However, given the choice, I'm sure the innocent people that were essentially murdered by the
by sbuk 3y ago
You're right, there is no undo button for unnecessary prison time. However, given the choice, I'm sure the innocent people that were essentially murdered by the state would have preferred the option or time and compensation.
The death penalty is barbaric. There is no acceptable argument for it's existence.
- vacuity 3y agoI personally agree that the death penalty shouldn't be a thing, but if a court only sentenced definitely guilty people who committed very heinous crimes to death, why is the death penalty barbaric in that case? (Not leading you on, just wondering what your take on this is.)
- Clent 3y agoDefinitely guilty meaning what? A full confession that is never retracted? What about cases where an innocent person is coerced into thinking they are guilty? In a world where we accept the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, where does this certainty of guilt arise?
- vacuity 3y agoI don't see how Heisenberg comes into this. I'm intentionally excluding anyone who definitely wouldn't deserve the dealth penalty as a premise. I mean someone who is determined guilty by an oracle, or if that doesn't satisfy you, a person who had intent and premeditation, and is acting alone.
- lost_tourist 3y agoThere are crimes with dozens of witness clearly seeing the perp, caught on camera, etc. That's what they're talking about.
- sbuk 3y agoState-sanctioned murder is still murder, whichever way you cut it. It is an interesting intellectual thought experiment, but I'll leave it at that.