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Author Topic:   State Execution in the USA
Tanypteryx
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Message 58 of 80 (914804)
02-03-2024 5:37 PM
Reply to: Message 54 by NosyNed
02-03-2024 9:25 AM


Re: Culling
Our whole western justice system is designed with a bias to not convicting the innocent. This results in the guilty going free sometimes but that's the bias we have chosen and I'm in agreement with that.

With capital punishment I agree it is better to keep the evil alive than ever kill the wrong person rarely or not.
I try to imagine the horror for an innocent person being executed and just how fucked up a society has to be to risk that!

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Tanypteryx
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Message 75 of 80 (914917)
02-06-2024 9:28 PM
Reply to: Message 74 by Percy
02-06-2024 8:31 PM


Re: Capital Punishment
That's not how representative government works. In addition to your vote there are many opportunities to provide feedback to your representatives, sometimes even in person.
He doesn't want to solve anything, he just wants to bitch about it.

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!
What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that it has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --Percy
The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq

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