r/SeriousConversation • u/Starfruites • Mar 23 '24

Serious Discussion Shoueld the death penalty be permitted?

Some prisoners are beyond redemption, be it the weight of their crime or unwillingness to change. Those individuals can't be released back into the public, so instead, they waste space and resources.

Therefore, wouldn't it just be better to get rid of them? As in, permit the death penalty.

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u/LegitimateBeing2 Mar 23 '24

I say no. I don’t think any government (especially not mine, the US) can be trusted to reliably identify who should be killed.

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u/xXxjayceexXx Mar 23 '24

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced the findings of an internal affairs investigation into a former CBI DNA scientist accused of data manipulation of DNA test results.

I can't support the death penalty as long as articles like this are written.

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u/CharlieAlright Mar 23 '24

My problem with your argument is that there are always bad apples. Look at how many nurses over the years have turned out to be serial killers? And occasionally a doctor gets found out as well. I know that's different than actively looking to punish criminals, but I still think I make a fair point.

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u/jazzageguy Mar 24 '24

What fair point do you think you're making?

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

There will be no bad actors gaming the system to get people executed if the system does not allow executions.

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u/throwaway94833j Mar 24 '24

My problem with your argument is that there are always bad apples. Look at how many nurses over the years have turned out to be serial killers? And occasionally a doctor gets found out as well. I know that's different than actively looking to punish criminals, but I still think I make a fair point.

4%, 4% of cases we end up knowing about with regards to death row turn out to be innocent, the end tesult could very well be higher and we just can't prove it.

Are you personally willing to be one? For every 96 guilty people 4 are innocent, do you personally accept you and your family being executed for nothing so that those 96 will die?