• TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id
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    9 months ago

    The problem is that if you get it wrong even once --and we know for a fact, through things like The Innocence Project, that many innocent people have been executed-- then it’s the state committing murder in our name.

    Morally I’m not OK with that. Are you?

    I’d rather err on the side of caution.

    Again, we only have to get it wrong once, which we know we have done, and it’s basically the state murdering an innocent citizen.

    How many innocent citizens are you OK with murdering?

    • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Morally I’m ok with that, no system is perfect. We should strive to be as accurate as possible, but in the end we can only make the best conclusion based on the facts at hand. If a jury finds those facts compelling enough to vote to execute a defendant then so be it.