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episode 35: Top 10 Pro & Con Arguments of the death penalty or capital punishment
Side note: Religion is vague about "Thou shalt not kill" hence the right to life and right to die arguments.
"Gaming with Charlie
2 May, 2020
In my opinion, life in prison is way worse than death penalty. If one of my family members were to be killed, I would want the murderer to suffer in prison for the rest of their lives, rather than have their suffering ended painlessly. They deserve to live the rest of their lives in regret and longing for freedom, but being denied freedom.
arandomhuman
26 March, 2020
No, the death penalty should not be allowed. Even if they only save it for the most gruesome crimes and murders, it is not correct 100% of the time. Innocent people get their lives taken, get killed for something that they didn’t even do. This is not acceptable in a society.
5. Victims’ Families
Whether the death penalty can bring about some sort of closure or solace to the victims’ families after a horrible, life-changing experience has long been debated and used by both proponents and opponents of the death penalty.
PRO
Proponents who argue that the death penalty is needed to bring about closure and solace to victims’ families argue that the finality of the death penalty is needed for families to move on and not live in fear of the criminal getting out of prison.
CON
Opponents who argue that the death penalty is needed to bring about closure and solace to victims’ families argue that retributive “justice” does not bring closure for anyone and that the death penalty can take years of media-friendly appeals to enact.
7. Innocence
Reports indicate over 150 innocent people have been found not-guilty and exonerated since the death penalty was reinstated in 1973.
PRO
Proponents of abolishing the death penalty because innocent people may be executed argue that humans are fallible and the justice system is flawed, putting more Black and brown people on death row than are guilty of capital crimes, and that we cannot risk executing one innocent person just to carry about retributive “justice.”
CON
Opponents of abolishing the death penalty because innocent people may be executed argue that the fact that death row inmates have been exonerated proves that the checks and balances to prevent innocent people from being executed are in place and working well, almost eliminating the chance that an innocent person will be executed."
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