Well yea but can we wait until we deal with the Nazi problem first?
Comment on Bangladesh court sentences ex-PM to be hanged for crimes against humanity
oneser@lemmy.zip 4 weeks agoThe death penalty is archaic und should be abolished.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
logi@piefed.world 4 weeks ago
"We" are not in power, so that's a given. And then I'm beginning to think that you'd have to get rid of pardon powers before it is safe to have a bunch of fascists in storage.
But in general, "we" can work on more than one thing at a time. Othdrwise "we" would be only working on global warming, right?
IronBird@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
eh, i’d argue there are plenty of examples where guilt, seriousness of crime, and complete inability of reform are all determinable with 100% accuracy.
some sociopaths out there, especially the kind that tend to be in high levels if government…really do only respond to threats to their life.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
I'd argue that even if it's magically determined with 100% accuracy, we still shouldn't give the state the power to decide to kill them. It's unnecessary. Studies have shown that the harshness of the penalty is much less of a deterrent than the certainty of being caught, putting incorrigible sociopaths away in prisons or mental institutions for life is just as effective at both deterring and protecting.
The key is having a trustworthy justice system. If you don't have a trustworthy justice system then no amount of harshness helps, in fact it only hurts.