The real reason to end the death penalty

Re:The real reason to end the death penalty by chrisco255 on Thursday April 22, 2021 @04:35PM (#26907851)

> Someone held securely in prison

I already mentioned the cult-of-personality example above and you breezed over it. Gang leaders are fully capable of executing kills from jail. They have influence that extends beyond the 4 walls they're contained to. Some of them have access to a vast array of money and dangerous people who they can delegate to. They can also actively influence or harm other prisoners in jail.

Treating true psychopaths with kid gloves won't make the world a better place.

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Re:The real reason to end the death penalty by sneak on Thursday April 22, 2021 @04:37PM (#26907876)

If prisoners are able to lead criminal organizations whillst inside, that's very obviously a rather trivial-to-fix bug in the design of the jail, not a reason to murder someone for vengeance.

We have more than adequate technology to keep such hopeless cases from harming themselves or others.

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Re:The real reason to end the death penalty by chrisco255 on Thursday April 22, 2021 @04:43PM (#26907950)

It's not trivial to fix without introducing mechanisms that are worse than death, such as isolated confinement and other forms of torture.

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Re:The real reason to end the death penalty by sneak on Thursday April 22, 2021 @04:46PM (#26907992)

I believe that this is a false dichotomy that you present; I can think of several different solutions to this problem in seconds, none of which are what you describe.

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