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I am firmly in the camp of the justice system should never execute anyone. It's a one way door that presumes the system is infallible and we've had proof after
by unsnap_biceps 2y ago
I am firmly in the camp of the justice system should never execute anyone. It's a one way door that presumes the system is infallible and we've had proof after proof of cases where the system failed.
- whatshisface 2y agoAll sentences are a one-way door. You don't get years of your life back, or the skills that atrophy in jail if you had any before.
- immibis 2y agoIndeed. But a death penalty can't even give you back your remaining ones once you're found innocent, so it's worse in some sense.
- gostsamo 2y agoIf you are sentenced falsely, would you liked to be killed or you would choose to spend some time in jail and be released when proved innocent? What you are giving here is really false equivalence which contributes absolutely nothing to the conversation.
- lazide 2y agoAre we talking life sentences, or a year or two?
- hnlmorg 2y agoIf I have to spend 20+ years then my life as I know it is over because there’s no way I’m coming out the same person that went in.
- potsandpans 2y agoGiven the choice of 15+ years in maximum security US prison or death, id unequivocally choose death.
- qingcharles 2y agoNot even sentences. I've known multiple people who have been incarcerated over a decade on allegations in pre-trail detention ("jail"). You don't need a sentence to lose years of your life.
- csomar 2y agoThe land of "human rights": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolutions_concerning_death_penalty_at_the_United_Nations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolutions_concerning_death_p...