Which is why I’m against the death penalty without even stressing over whether it’s moral or not - it’s hard enough to make it up to someone after they’re locked up for years or decades when you find exonerating proof. Even harder when you’re staring at their corpse saying “oops, our bad”
I agree with this sentiment, and just to add another reason: last I looked into it (debate for a class years and years ago) it's actually cheaper to incarcerate someone for life than pay for the chemical/medical cocktail of executing them.
Things may have changed since, but that was quite a shock to me when I was researching in the past
100% against in any circumstances, but just wanted to clarify, from everything I have read, it's not the chemical/medical cocktail specifically that is more expensive, more the legal processes and appeals associated with the death penalty.
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u/Stormfeathery 1d ago
Which is why I’m against the death penalty without even stressing over whether it’s moral or not - it’s hard enough to make it up to someone after they’re locked up for years or decades when you find exonerating proof. Even harder when you’re staring at their corpse saying “oops, our bad”