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Even for the most heinous crimes, the death penalty has one massive glaring practical problem. What if the sentenced person is actually innocent? No amount of
by solraph 2y ago
Even for the most heinous crimes, the death penalty has one massive glaring practical problem.
What if the sentenced person is actually innocent? No amount of apologies or recompensation will bring that person back.
- a-french-anon 2y agoThat's not a practical but a moral one. Practically speaking, the errors would be extremely rare and the gains for the whole society massive.
- dpassens 2y agoHow is any error rate, no matter how small, acceptable when it comes to killing people?
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y agoParent poster a-french-anon may be wrong or at least is making unsubstantiated wishful claims about costs and benefits - "the errors would be extremely rare" - would they really? And would they be evenly spread over in-groups and out-groups? But at least the question "how is that acceptable?" is in fact a question of a moral nature. It's unacceptable, but it is unacceptable because it is immoral.
- Dylan16807 2y agoHow is any error rate, no matter how small, acceptable when it comes to locking people up for the rest of their lives? While I don't like the death penalty I don't think it's that different from a very long sentence. I don't think it makes sense to say that any punishment needs an absolutely perfect error rate.