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| adjl 10/15/22 11:48:29 AM #46: | DragonClaw01 posted... What benefit is there to society by paying for his prison sentence for the rest of his life? It's cheaper than the death penalty (unless you remove the checks and balances that can't be removed for the reasons outlined earlier), completely eliminates the risk of executing an innocent person, and would leave open the possibility of rehabilitation if the country weren't so infatuated with the idea of revenge and punishment as to fundamentally undermine the justice system's ability to make meaningful improvements to society. DragonClaw01 posted... And the therapeutic benefits are a boon to society. How so? Do you have actual evidence comparing society-level outcomes between cases where the death penalty is/isn't employed? Or is this just a vague, pathos-driven "the victims will have more closure" sort of sentiment that you're going with because it sounds nice and not because of any observed benefit? --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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