• Burstar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 months ago

    it isn’t a deterrent,

    It is cheaper to let them rot in prison for life,

    nobody wants to make the drugs involved for the ‘humane way’ so it is really difficult to obtain enough where it is used,

    it is fundamentally inhumane to kill someone that knows it’s coming (mental torture),

    risk of executing an innocent, and as already stated

    it is hypocritical to kill someone for killing.

    • yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 months ago

      it is fundamentally inhumane to kill someone that knows it’s coming (mental torture)

      That killing serial killers causes them harm isn’t a particularly compelling point, since we disagree over whether harming them is, in fact, good.

      risk of executing an innocent

      This is a good point and one I would explore further. However, it leaves open exceptions where the evidence is overwhelming.

      it is hypocritical to kill someone for killing

      Killing isn’t always bad. Killing innocent creatures is bad. Killing serial killers is tantamount to putting down rabid animals.