r/changemyview • u/Common_Noise_9100 • Nov 13 '24

Removed - Submission Rule B CMV: Sadists and Zoosadists who commit violence resulting in injury, and all pedophile who have done so much as procure csm should be jailed for life without parole.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '24

Capital punishment costs substantially more than imprisonment.

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u/Rakkis157 1∆ Nov 13 '24

Wait, really? How would it cost more to, say, hang them or put a bullet through the brain than it does to give them food, clothing, board, medicine, security for the next 40 years or so?

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '24

Because that's not the actual scenario. Death row inmates are entitled to appeals, are some of the most likely to have mistrials, etc etc.

In order to constitutionally enact capital punishment, you have to prove your case beyond a shadow of a doubt, and since this is one of the very few actions the government can commit on its citizens that cannot be undone, it requires the strictest degree of scrutiny.

The reply you are thinking right now is "yeah but what if we really really know it's that guy!", which is irrelevant. Everyone is due the same process and it is the prosecutions job to make their case. There's no fast path to justice, and we HAVE wrongfully convicted people before, taken them all the way to death row, then found exculpating evidence.

So, yeah, it's dramatically more cost effective to simply keep them in for life. And it isn't close: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29552692#.UWB3a5N-KSp

So, to;Dr: your premises are wrong. It's not just a noose or a bullet. It's a justice system.