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The only civilians executed for espionage in the US were the Rosenbergs in 1953 and that is widely seen as an overreaction that occurred in the context of the h
by GabrielF00 13y ago
The only civilians executed for espionage in the US were the Rosenbergs in 1953 and that is widely seen as an overreaction that occurred in the context of the hysteria of the early Cold War. Only three people have been executed by the Federal government for any crime since 1963. It is incredibly unlikely that Snowden would be executed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_the_United_States_federal_government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_the_Unite...
- rayiner 13y agoYou see, when "slippery slope fallacy" mode is fully engaged, information like that has no relevance. "They used it in 1953, they can do it again!"
- nsns 13y agoRight, not to mention that US citizens have already been executed without trial on foreign soil.
- ataggart 13y agoGiven that the political (un)likelihood of the death penalty was already addressed by GabrielF00, it's not clear to me how "slippery slope fallacy" is a valid dismissal when espionage is punishable by death and has been applied.
- cdash 13y agoI don't think it really matters, as if life in prison is much better than the death penalty.