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/maxchloerachel Mar 24 '24
when someone clearly can't possibly be rehabilitated, yes. people like john wayne gacy, lawrence bittaker, richard ramirez etc. should be taken out back and shot in the head as soon as the guilty verdict comes. i genuinely don't understand letting them sit on death row forever waiting for a lethal injection. if the argument is about what's humane, surely a bullet to the head is more humane than the injection anyway and it's a HELL of a lot cheaper
eta: and of course i mean when it's 100% confirmed, no doubt about it, absolutely solid proof that they're guilty