Re:US Federal government to resume capital punishment after ...
by tenebrisalietum on Thursday July 25, 2019 @03:22PM
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> Tax payers should not be spending their hard-earned money keeping the evil murderers alive.
The problem is the justice system is run by human beings and is subject to error and corruption. Convictions can and have been wrong. If the evidence is not 100%-confirmed-not-fake video showing the act, then there is always the possibility someone has lied or been paid off.
So I definitely think if we have to have the death penalty, the decade or longer that often passes by until it's actually administered is a really good idea. We should be 100% sure the best we can before we commit irreversible actions. If the state/taxpayer can't afford to do this then it can't afford to pursue justice.
Your emotional response and generalization about "the West", while justified in the case of actual child killers, is a weakness, because it contributes to moral panics that end up diluting rights and justice, rather than the opposite.
The problem is the justice system is run by human beings and is subject to error and corruption. Convictions can and have been wrong. If the evidence is not 100%-confirmed-not-fake video showing the act, then there is always the possibility someone has lied or been paid off.
So I definitely think if we have to have the death penalty, the decade or longer that often passes by until it's actually administered is a really good idea. We should be 100% sure the best we can before we commit irreversible actions. If the state/taxpayer can't afford to do this then it can't afford to pursue justice.
Your emotional response and generalization about "the West", while justified in the case of actual child killers, is a weakness, because it contributes to moral panics that end up diluting rights and justice, rather than the opposite.