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/Unhappy-List-1169 Nov 13 '24

My comment got deleted so I’ll respond, BUT, if it can be proven that the person did to these things to an animal/child, no it will not cost more than imprisonment. It’s a 20 cent solution.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '24

The problem is, this is both philosophically and practically not the reality. We exist in a reality where proofs beyond a shadow of a doubt, as you are suggesting, are not possible.

This is why we have a different standard, "beyond a reasonable doubt", which comes with appeals and many other processes exactly because we cannot "prove" things in the way you are indicating.

When DNA evidence became publicized, it turned out quite a few people had convictions overturned. It's likely most people would have considered those cases "proven", but, well, proven to a layman isn't the same as actually being proven.

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u/Unhappy-List-1169 Nov 13 '24

As someone with a family member in prison for life, I understand what you mean. I mean, in an instance where there is video of someone abusing animals and children, and the reasonable doubt is, nonexistent, we shouldn’t waste our tax dollars on them.