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minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoAtonement and facing the consequences of one’s actions during a long life in prison is a fate worse than death IMO. Even for a sociopath. And it is false that the death penalty is cheaper than life sentences: https://sites.psu.edu/bleonard/2020/11/30/the-death-penalty-v-life-in-prison/ But above it all, while there are persons unjustly sentenced to death and found later Innocent, can we really keep doing this?
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s a very American context where prisons are for-profit companies (wtf USA?), that’s why everything is so expensive. In a normal country death sentence wouldn’t cost nearly as much.
Atonement and facing the consequences of one’s actions during a long life in prison is a fate worse than death IMO. Even for a sociopath.
And it is false that the death penalty is cheaper than life sentences: https://sites.psu.edu/bleonard/2020/11/30/the-death-penalty-v-life-in-prison/
But above it all, while there are persons unjustly sentenced to death and found later Innocent, can we really keep doing this?
That’s a very American context where prisons are for-profit companies (wtf USA?), that’s why everything is so expensive. In a normal country death sentence wouldn’t cost nearly as much.