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qh2150 t1_irwg2ln wrote

Reply to comment by pduncpdunc in Sharon Tate at the Premiere of Rosemary’s Baby - 1968 by gwynsbooty

That must be why all death row inmates spend most of their sentence trying to get their executions stayed.

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tiy24 t1_irz9ghy wrote

If you think the state should execute people you’re accepting that eventually (and it’s way more common) an innocent will be killed. I think that’s immoral

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DeylanQuel t1_irzvza4 wrote

My beef has always been "You murdered those people. That was wrong, so we're going to murder you. But, like, it's cool when we do it."

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qh2150 t1_is0elqt wrote

Like arresting and imprisoning someone who illegally kidnapped and restrained someone? I mean there are a ton of examples of that. F for logic.

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qh2150 t1_irzqucp wrote

“Way more common” than what? In the modern era with DNA the requirement for convictions are extremely high. Not saying it won’t happen, but one thing I definitely recommend is reading some of the current death row inmate court summaries in say Texas to see what we’re really talking about. But yes in some capacity it could happen. However none of this is actually relevant to what was being discussed which was an earlier post’s poorly reasoned argument that life sentence was somehow worse. Which brings another point. Clearly if you believe in prison you have to accept that at some point someone will be innocently held for life. Also morally wrong, and apparently by the earlier post’s weak logic, worse. Legalizing drivers licenses means inevitably a child will get run down by someone late for work or texting while driving. A proper discussion needs more than platitudes.

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