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Embra_ t1_j5ado09 wrote

Reply to comment by ledfrisby in TIL the Japanese United Red Army conducted an internal purge of its members in 1972, killing 12, including 1 member killed for asking for tissues. by JakeyZhang

That's the issue with death sentences, there's so much bureaucracy from appeal hearings and making damn well sure that you're not about to kill someone innocent (and thus incur millions in damages from justifiably getting sued by the grieving family), that it's just so much cheaper to just feed, clothe, and house them in a prison until they die.

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epochpenors t1_j5aswb4 wrote

Which is funny because here in the US there’s still a massive bureaucracy that takes decades and we somehow constantly execute innocent people

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assjackal t1_j5cgq68 wrote

>constantly execute innocent people

Almost always because of racial prejudice speeding up the process.

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