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Death penalty seems inherently barbaric as in practice you cannot avoid executing people who are not found to be innocent until years or decades later. Even if
by tromp 3y ago
Death penalty seems inherently barbaric as in practice you cannot avoid executing people who are not found to be innocent until years or decades later. Even if you think guilt can be proven beyond any doubt, I know of no jurisdiction with an error-free record.
- eddd-ddde 3y agoSo you say it is barbaric not for executing someone, but for wrongly punishing someone. How is that different for a regular life sentence? Taking someone's liberties wrongly seems just as barbaric.
- tromp 3y agoAt least you can return their freedom and try to compensate them for the time unjustly spent in prison.