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      Mostly in backwards bumpkin states like Alabama. Most civilized states don’t do it or just never use the penalty.

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      What is the problem with death penalty? Definitely needed for crimes of sexual violence or murder nature for example.

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          Doesn’t really matter, why would you want to give them the easy way out?

          You also can’t rehabilitate someone if they’re dead which is the whole point of punishment

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        210 months ago

        the problem isn’t that people want those scumfucks to live a life in prison, it’s that we don’t have equal law enforcement in this country, so any capital punishment - esp death - would not be applied equally, which is pretty much what we see today.

        Don’t mistake, I’d prefer rapists and molesters get deleted, but until we can be 100% sure every time that the person being punished is the criminal, it ain’t worth it.

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              Ignoring that… The point is to be a deterrent. The fact that people still commit capital crimes shows that it’s not. Nobody commits a crime thinking they will be punished

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        Innocent people are killed by the state, is the problem.
        Most people aren’t willing to sacrifice innocent lives in order to be able to sacrifice guilty ones.