The main problem with the death penalty is the number of people who have been found to be not guilty years and decades after their conviction.
You just can’t be 100% sure that someone’s guilty - even if they confessed or there were witnesses because people lie. Nowadays even video evidence can be faked.
“Beyond a reasonable doubt” isn’t a good enough bar to meet to take someone’s life in my opinion.
Nothing in life is absolutely certain. Heck even the next few mins aren’t guaranteed. Just because you’re not “absolutely certain” doesn’t mean we go easy on a serial rapist, or a school shooter. Like I stated in my other reply, if a broken system is a problem, we should go fix that instead of incurring the running costs of for profit prisons filled with those that deserve to not live anymore.
So you’re saying that the government should have a profit incentive to LITERALLY KILL PEOPLE. That sounds like a great idea! I’d love to live in a country that decides to kill you because they want to save a few bucks.
The main problem with the death penalty is the number of people who have been found to be not guilty years and decades after their conviction.
You just can’t be 100% sure that someone’s guilty - even if they confessed or there were witnesses because people lie. Nowadays even video evidence can be faked.
“Beyond a reasonable doubt” isn’t a good enough bar to meet to take someone’s life in my opinion.
Nothing in life is absolutely certain. Heck even the next few mins aren’t guaranteed. Just because you’re not “absolutely certain” doesn’t mean we go easy on a serial rapist, or a school shooter. Like I stated in my other reply, if a broken system is a problem, we should go fix that instead of incurring the running costs of for profit prisons filled with those that deserve to not live anymore.
So you’re saying that the government should have a profit incentive to LITERALLY KILL PEOPLE. That sounds like a great idea! I’d love to live in a country that decides to kill you because they want to save a few bucks.
Dude… re-read my comment.