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Statistics matter. Not everyone on death row is innocent. How many people on death row kill other inmates? EDIT: I meant to say how many people serving life se
by Taylorious 13y ago
Statistics matter. Not everyone on death row is innocent. How many people on death row kill other inmates?
EDIT: I meant to say how many people serving life sentences. But I suppose it applies to people on death row who never actually get put to death.
- lostlogin 13y agoIt amazes me that people defend the US system, especially in this way. If a statistical majority of a group do something, is treating the whole group the same a good idea? Using the same logic, most US citizens didn't commit any crime punishable by imprisonment, so why imprison anyone?
- kodablah 13y agoIn fairness, the parent poster said "There is absolutely no advantage to the death penalty" and (s)he retorted. Not sure it is a 100% defense as much as refuting the "absolutely no advantage".
- Taylorious 13y agoPerhaps people are under the impression that I am pro-death penalty because of my posts here. I am pro-death penalty in theory/philosophy, but I am not for it in the real world. Simply for practical reasons (cost of appeals process, and yes the possibility of false positives, etc.). I just posted to show that the issue of the death penalty isn't as black and white as people claim, and that the people who are for it aren't necessarily knuckle dragging blood thirsty fools. There are logical arguments for both sides, and the parent post didn't seems to recognize that.