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JStevens84 t1_j8suu8x wrote

Reply to comment by ChrisTheHurricane in Governor Shapiro vows to "not issue any execution warrants during my term as Governor". Also urges Assembly to abolish death penalty. by Canopenerdude

I don’t know, seems reasonable to me. Everyone deserves a chance at life. In some instances, people who have caused an extremely excessive amount of harm to others doesn’t deserve to continue to live.

I’m not even taking sides, just saying I don’t think those two ideas are necessarily conflicting

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sensistarfish t1_j8sw15z wrote

You’d have to put your complete trust in the justice system. Not everyone put to death is actually guilty.

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JStevens84 t1_j8wrnmq wrote

Oh I’m against the death penalty for that very reason. I just meant that as a theoretical

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ChrisTheHurricane t1_j8sxbiz wrote

The counterargument to that is that there is a nonzero chance of executing an innocent person. At least a person can be compensated for time spent wrongfully imprisoned; no such recourse exists for a person wrongfully executed.

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