11/07 Of Capital Punishment

[alyster]

Votes are public. 

People who do not vote will be sent to the gallows. 

 

[Doctor]

People who don’t vote should face the results of the vote. 

 

[Pewdiepie]

For a typical crime no. For some mad serial killer who doesnt show any repentance yes.

 

[alyster]

I'll just try to piss off both sides.

This mad killed 77 and injured 319 in Norway. He got 21 years in prison. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik

Execution of possibly innocent people: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/innocence/executed-but-possibly-innocent

 

[Mitsuru]

Murder as a punishment for murder is illogical.

The judicial system is not flawless and murdering an innocent person is something that can not be reversed.

(In the US) Executing the death penalty costs several times more than sending someone to prison for life without parole.

 

[japan77]

Norway should've put that guy away for life alyster. The mistake there was the decision to only lock the guy up for 21 years. Honestly, is there a significant difference to the outside world if an individual gets put away for life without parole or if they get executed? 
To avoid the risk of accidentally executing an innocent person (let's not forget several times people have exonerated days if not hours before they were supposed to be executed), just lock the person away for life without parole. 

 

[Mitsuru]

Oh also I want to add: In Germany, the theoretical maximum prison sentence is also "only" minimum 15 years which is not a lot. However, we have something called "Sicherungsverwahrung" where people who are deemed a danger to society are being locked up for most likely the rest of their lives even though their prison sentence has officially ended.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

That's like the Breivik sentence. It's 21 years until they assess whether he's fit to reenter society.

 

[Micchan]

I like capital punishment, if cities are bad, capitals are even worse