“Kenny just began to gasp for air repeatedly and the execution took about 25 minutes total.”

Pretty compassionate way to kill a person.

Once again, the Law in the south is brutal.

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The state doesn’t intentionally murder innocent people. Your argument is invalid.

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The state does not care whether they are innocent as well, and that callousness is just as bad from the eyes of people living in a civilized society…

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I’m pretty sure this guys’s guilt was beyond dispute. States have so many appeals and checks on capital punishment that it is much, much cheaper to default to life in prison. The economic argument isn’t noble but should be included in the debate.

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It’s estimated that 4% of prisoners on death row are innocent. Sure, we’re certain about this guy, but that’s the case for those 4%, as well.

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Can you proved evidence to this opinion of yours?

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Which opinion? That the state doesn’t care about whether a victim of a murderer is innocent or also a criminal? You can look up just about any criminal case and see that criminals are just as often victims of crime as any ‘innocent’ person. Literally, a compatriot dying while committing a crime with you will get you charged with Felony Murder.

If you mean that the state doesn’t care if it executes innocent people, well: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/innocence

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Woah there, kiddo. It appears you haven’t learned how crime and punishment works. You see, there are varying degrees of crimes, and thus- varying degrees of punishment.

This is why shoplifters aren’t executed.

Hopefully this simple reference will keep you from embarrassing yourself in the future.

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Since 1973, at least 196 people who had been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in the U.S. Source

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Civilian murderers also have justifications for their actions. I accept those justifications just as much as I do those of the State murderers.

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This place is so stupid sometimes they’d fight for the rights of their own families murderer’s. No point in trying to put facts in front of people like that. They’ve made their decision.

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Oh I know. I’d be surprised none of them reported my comment simply because they disagree with it. Lemmy LOVES being outraged.

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Lemmy LOVES being outraged.

Sorry, who’s being outraged here?

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