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Re:Gov. Inslee signs bill to repeal death penalty in Washington by paxys on Thursday April 20, 2023 @07:48PM (#35648099)
What if the two witnesses were lying? What if the video was deepfaked? Plenty of executions and imprisonments from a few decades ago that were judged "beyond any reasonable doubt" at the time were found to be wrong as soon as DNA testing became a thing, and the racial and other kinds of bias in the justice system became immediately clear. What is the guarantee that the same thing won't happen for any executions done today?
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Re:Gov. Inslee signs bill to repeal death penalty in Washington by fauxpause_ on Thursday April 20, 2023 @09:26PM (#35648788)
You are adding layers of doubt. If there is doubt, then you’re not above the bar. It’s as simple as that.

Yes I recognize the post above me used the term “reasonable doubt”.

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