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[-] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago

Call me radical, but I don't think any government should be killing people.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

There are a lot of governments in the world that agree with you. Not the US government, not at all.

[-] [email protected] -4 points 1 day ago

Do you think prisons are okay and killing isn't?

[-] [email protected] 0 points 12 hours ago

If the prisons are focused on rehabilitation and reintegration instead of just keeping people locked up and treating them like they're not human? Yes. Do I believe prisons in the US are like that? No.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Genuine question. What do you think should happen with people that have committed violent crimes? If they have no interest in voluntary rehabilitation, imprisonment with the goal of rehabilitation seems to be a better alternative to just letting them roam freely and do as they please. And it seems a lot better than the death penalty. Specifically for reasons like what we're seeing here. You can release someone from prison if evidence comes later that casts doubt on their guilt. It doesn't prevent the harm that has already been caused, but it gives them an opportunity to take back their life. You can't un-execute somebody.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Life is short. Why does anyone have to live after it's over?

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