Four years after a man was executed, someone else’s DNA found on murder weapon

Re:Four years after a man was executed, someone else’s DNA f... by kingsuper20 on Saturday May 22, 2021 @10:57AM (#27247123)

The state is sure good at killing innocent people in other countries.

I'm going to have to vote for the death penalty, of course with high standards of proof. If anything, the whole idea of bolting people into a small box for 50-60 years is a much more perverse idea. Only the US could invent something like a Supermax prison (although the Black Dolphin looks like no picnic, the Russian answer to abolishing the death penalty).

edit: I'll add that the US justice system (and probably any other) appears quite arbitrary in it's punishment. The sentences people receive and actually serve can be all over the map.

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Re:Four years after a man was executed, someone else’s DNA f... by gjsman-1000 on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:03AM (#27247185)

Furthermore, consider the view of repentance. Let's say that you are at least willing to admit the possibility there is an afterlife with judgement. Having a defined date when you will die means you are more likely to repent than when you die of old age 60 years from now at some undefined time.

Also, have you investigated how much it costs the US Taxpayer to house a prisoner in a Supermax prison? If it was income, that prisoner would be making money in the upper 5%. It's also perverse to make the taxpayer pay so much to house a prisoner, who committed atrocious crimes normally worthy of death, for so long.

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