• ExfilBravo@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

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

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      10 months ago

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

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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        10 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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        10 months ago

        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.