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Alabama suffocated a man to death in a gas chamber tonight after starving him so he wouldn’t choke on his own vomit as they did it. And this was deemed perfectly legal by multiple courts in the vaunted American legal system.
That’s what happens when you value institutions over people.
Link for more info: https://www.reuters.com/legal/alabama-prepares-carry-out-first-execution-by-nitrogen-asphyxiation-2024-01-25/
What if the jury is wrong every time? Or half the time? Where do you draw the line?
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Not justifying it for that person, but for everyone. Why haven’t you answered my original question? How many innocent people do you think it’s ok to execute?
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Maybe my reading comprehension is just bad, but I do not see anything that looks like an answer there
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That doesn’t look like an answer to my question.
My point is that a non-zero number of people are executed for crimes they did not commit.
My question is: How many innocent people do you think it’s ok to execute in order to keep the death penalty available?
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