cpr4life8 t1_j92uvpx wrote on February 18, 2023 at 8:36 PM

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

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.

idioma t1_j92vllz wrote on February 18, 2023 at 8:41 PM

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

cpr4life8 t1_j92z86w wrote on February 18, 2023 at 9:08 PM

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.

idioma t1_j92ztyw wrote on February 18, 2023 at 9:12 PM

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