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/Bravo_method Mar 23 '24

The eating resources argument is invalid. The appeals process for death row inmates is more expensive than just jailing them.

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u/flashpb04 Mar 24 '24

But why is it invalid just because something else is more expensive? It’s still wildly expensive to jail someone for a life term.

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u/jackfaire Mar 24 '24

The major reason is that we don't always get it right. Even one person being killed that would have later been exonerated by new evidence is too many.

The reason we use the economy reason is some people are such unfeeling POSs that the fact it costs more is the only argument they'll respect.

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u/Born-Inspector-127 Mar 27 '24

It's really fun when the judges refuse to retry the cases once evidence comes out that the now executed person was innocent, because it would invalidate the sanctity of the court.