RE: Dylann Roof sentenced to death
January 13, 2017 at 2:28 pm
(This post was last modified: January 13, 2017 at 2:34 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 13, 2017 at 2:23 pm)Shell B Wrote: Honestly, I can totally see why people are against the death penalty 100%. I'm almost entirely with them.Because many others, rightfully or wrongfully, have found themselves accused of crimes for which capital punishment is an option. This particular punishment affects a large number of people and communities that -haven't- been accused of -any- crime, additionally (ironically, it impoverishes the people the state demands by force of law and threat of imprisonment, to both prosecute and carry out the sentence). It also has tremendous implications regarding peoples position of the proper level of power and authority of the state..what they can and cannot (or should and should not) do. Point is, it's a hell of alot bigger than roof or anyone else who's ever been executed by the state individually, or even all people who have ever been executed by the state collectively.
As for your second point, sure, it has evolved, but Roof is still the crux of the argument, the reason we're talking about the death penalty. I have made clear a jillion times that, no matter what everyone else is talking about, I'm specifically talking about people like Roof. I also don't see how how a law, which I haven't advocated or proposed, specifically designed to apply to the most heinous of killers with the most specific needs for evidence would have to apply to many others.
Quote:You could easily write a law that only obtained to certain people. The only problem is A. People who love the death penalty and B. People who hate it. If you wrote it perfectly, one or the other side would just shit all over it.You could easily write that law, but it gives a lawyer the most clearcut appeal imaginable. It's not equal justice. This one works even if your boy really is 100% guilty, lol. Now we're talking about writing perfect laws, though....so, I wouldn't know what to say about that.
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