Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket.

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    10 months ago

    Doesn’t it serve justice to the families and friends of the people who he has killed? I can’t imagine them feeling a sense of justice when their tax dollars are put to work to get this guy back into society.

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      10 months ago

      He doesn’t have to go back to society. Him being sent to prison for life is justice.

      • arin@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Costs money to pay for his living, food, room, guards, water, sewer plumbing, air, heat, AC

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          10 months ago

          It costs a hell of a lot more to execute someone, believe it or not.

          Edit: damn, y’all are some bloodthirsty motherfuckers.

          • arin@lemmy.world
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            10 months ago

            Only time it costs more is when the cops loses a lawsuit for unloading their clips on an innocent black person

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            10 months ago

            Only because the methods employed are stupidly wasteful and overcomplicated. The process needs to be overhauled in a logical and pragmatic way. The problem with current means of execution is that feelings were brought into the equation in the first place.

          • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.world
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            10 months ago

            Then allow executions within days with cheaper, more humane methods like bullets. The only reason it’s more expensive is because of you, and it should not be.

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              10 months ago

              Speeding up executions means more innocent people will be wrongfully executed. How many innocent people are you willing to kill to make sure this this asshole fries?

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              10 months ago

              You sound like a member of a Jim Crow era lynch mob. Screw due process, he just looks guilty. Yeehaw!

              • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe
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                10 months ago

                And you know you don’t have a rational leg to stand on, so when called out on your shit, you do what any self-righteous, self-involved dipshit does: fall back to tired old stereotypes and meaningless insults.

                Why in the world would you think acting that way will convince anyone of anything? Convince me to change my mind?

    • ???@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I wouldn’t feel any sense of justice if my tax money went to killing people.

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          10 months ago

          I live in Sweden. My tax money doesn’t go to any capital punishments because Sweden outlawed them in the 70’s (last known use was in 1910).

          • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.world
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            10 months ago

            Good for you, there are 197 other countries in the world. You can keep pretending you’re better than everyone else while ignoring the governments of Nordic countries hide the truth behind the crimes their people suffer to keep up this image of perfection they project. The rest of the world knows the truth, though.

            Either way, that’s pretty tangential to the death penalty unless your stance is “Well Sweden doesn’t have it so we’re better than you, nah nah nah nah nah” like that’s supposed to work on actual adults. 🤦

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              10 months ago

              I don’t understand the connection between capital punishment and crime. could you please explain it to me? how does the death penalty deter crimes? are there some statistics that you could show me? thanks.