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14. Call me a crazy liberal, but I don't trust the government to kill its subjects responsibly.

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Aug 31, 2020, 01:37 PM

Aug 2020

The death penalty is not about what the vilest, most blatantly obviously guilty person "deserves".

They can deserve death or the worst torture one could conceive, fine.

It's still a recipe for bad governance to give the state the right to kill its subjects.

There just no way around race, money, politics, connections, bigotry, or just plain errors being material factors in how a death penalty gets enforced in practice, or even which crimes are subject to death penalty.

It's a terrible idea, and there's really zero upside or making everyone in the country complicit in another killing when life imprisonment is a perfectly reasonable alternative.

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Democrats and the death penalty. I'm probably in the minority here, but I just can't stomach [View all] Goodheart Aug 2020 OP

Agree Zeus69 Aug 2020 #1

Here's where I lose my liberal cred Freddie Aug 2020 #2

If he was on death row, he never should have been released RhodeIslandOne Aug 2020 #3

That's because of a stupidity in the Texas laws. Mariana Aug 2020 #24

I don't trust the government to fix that JonLP24 Aug 2020 #4

The death penalty is part of a carceral system that cannot be reformed. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #5

I have never been sent to jail, but safeinOhio Aug 2020 #6

Did you know about Dale Sigler before you saw the special? WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #7

No, I did not. Goodheart Aug 2020 #11

So you went from ignorance of a person and situation to being radicalized by a TV show into WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #16

Yes. Goodheart Aug 2020 #23

Lol Sunsky Aug 2020 #30

I think life without the possibility of parole is Bettie Aug 2020 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Disaffected Aug 2020 #25

What you can or cannot stomach is immaterial. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2020 #9

+100000000 Nevilledog Aug 2020 #10

Who says it's not ethical? Just because YOU'RE emotionally unhappy with the outcome? Goodheart Aug 2020 #12

Nobody does. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2020 #17

"FIX THAT." Mariana Aug 2020 #13

Call me a crazy liberal, but I don't trust the government to kill its subjects responsibly. unblock Aug 2020 #14

I am against the death penalty marie999 Aug 2020 #15

My main objection is that one executed innocent person is one too many DFW Aug 2020 #18

What show is this? LeftInTX Aug 2020 #19

I can see an argument that the Death Penalty is more merciful than a life in prison. maxsolomon Aug 2020 #20

My objection to the death penalty isn't about people deserving to live Silent3 Aug 2020 #21

It can't be "FIXED" edhopper Aug 2020 #22

IIRC, the Innocence Project Disaffected Aug 2020 #26

I literally had no idea who this man was until now. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2020 #27

Ah, the siren's song of believing murder should begat murder obamanut2012 Aug 2020 #28

You think you can make a valid argument by changing the definition of a word? Goodheart Aug 2020 #29

I'm ok with the death penalty but not insistent. keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #31

I'm against the death penalty and... electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #32

I'm glad that my state doesn't have the death penalty Poiuyt Sep 2020 #33

"FIX THAT" How? Flaleftist Sep 2020 #34