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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Call me radical, but I don't think any government should be killing people.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

There are a lot of governments in the world that agree with you. Not the US government, not at all.

[–] Mango -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you think prisons are okay and killing isn't?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If the prisons are focused on rehabilitation and reintegration instead of just keeping people locked up and treating them like they're not human? Yes. Do I believe prisons in the US are like that? No.

[–] Mango 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Genuine question. What do you think should happen with people that have committed violent crimes? If they have no interest in voluntary rehabilitation, imprisonment with the goal of rehabilitation seems to be a better alternative to just letting them roam freely and do as they please. And it seems a lot better than the death penalty. Specifically for reasons like what we're seeing here. You can release someone from prison if evidence comes later that casts doubt on their guilt. It doesn't prevent the harm that has already been caused, but it gives them an opportunity to take back their life. You can't un-execute somebody.

[–] Mango -1 points 1 week ago

Life is short. Why does anyone have to live after it's over?