From WABE Politics News:

Georgia makes it harder than any other state for an individual to prove they are legally exempt from the death penalty because of an intellectual disability. A bill that would […]

  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Because the death penalty isn’t used like that in America. Its about punishment and (theoretically but not actually) deterrence.

    The people who are too dangerous to be allowed to live typically don’t face consequences until they’re bad enough for an international problem.

    We don’t execute leaders or ideological terrorists nearly as much as we execute those who commit crimes of particular personal brutality.