KnownUniverse t1_j09f73e wrote on December 15, 2022 at 12:39 AM

Reply to comment by Cole-train99 in Oregon governor commutes all 17 of state's death sentences by Slavic_Dusa

I feel like you want vengeance instead of justice. There's a difference. It's cheaper to let these monsters live in a cage until death. They won't be able to cause further harm, just as if they were already dead.

GoPointers t1_j09oc0p wrote on December 15, 2022 at 1:48 AM

Is it vengeance? I feel that if somebody decides they have the right to take another life, then by that flawed belief system they're acknowledging that someone has the right to take their life. So in the really bad cases, where the convicted murderer was convicted with 100% certainty, I'm not against it. However I don't like how there is no consistency to how it's applied, for example Texas. Looking from a broader perspective the US is one of the few remaining western countries that still hasn't banned the death penalty, so it probably should just be banned federally, though the conservatives won't let that happen.