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cpr4life8 t1_j92jj2m wrote

Reply to comment by idioma in Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce legislation repealing death penalty by Waterwebgrasshopper

Life in prison would be effective for financial crimes and there'd be no state sponsored murder.

Nothing is going to deter crime 100%.

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idioma t1_j92riku wrote

> Nothing is going to deter crime 100%.

Interesting counterpoint. Could you show me where in my comment I asserted that my goal was to “deter crime 100%”? Why must that be a standard, and what is your basis for it?

> Life in prison would be effective for financial crimes and there'd be no state sponsored murder.

What is your best evidence in support of that claim?

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cpr4life8 t1_j92uvpx wrote

Where is your evidence that the death penalty would be any more effective than life in prison for financial crimes?

I didn't claim that you were asserting that something was going to deter crime 100%, my point is the state shouldn't be fucking murdering people because no matter what the penalty is people are still going to commit crimes. And if the state isn't murdering people then there's no chance that someone who is wrongly convicted is going to be murdered.

It's not that fucking hard. The state shouldn't kill people. Period.

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idioma t1_j92vllz wrote

So then, just to be clear you are making a moral claim and are entirely inflexible on the matter, correct?

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cpr4life8 t1_j92z86w wrote

If there is a chance that a wrongfully convicted person can be put to death then there is no way to give that person's life back after the punishment has been administered. If there is no death penalty then there is no chance that the state is going to murder someone who did not commit the crime for which they have been convicted and sentenced.

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idioma t1_j92ztyw wrote

I understand that perspective. Could you please answer my question? A simple yes or no would be fine.

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