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What things would you standardize globally if you were the Supreme Leader? All violations punishable by death. (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The death penalty, because that shit is barbaric.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

In a study released today, the National Academy of Sciences reports that at least 4.1 percent of defendants sentenced to death in the United States are innocent.

So basically 1 in 20 inmates on death row are innocent, and people (mostly conservatives) are A-OK with that percentage of innocent people being subject to state-sanctioned murder in a very brutal way that's far from painless. A dog being put down by a vet receives more humane treatment than a human being put down by the state.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That "at least 4%" bit makes that even worse. Just look at the List of miscarriage of justice cases on Wikipedia, it's not not exhaustive and it's huge, I cannot morally or ethically justify capital punishment on that alone, the whole state-sanctioned murder bit just makes it even more horrific.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

From the wiki:

Due to the high number of notable wrongful conviction cases compiled for the United States, the list can be viewed via the main article.

I fucking hate this country.

[–] RandomVideos 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

So everyone that punishes someone with death will receive the death penalty?

Of course, you will have to punish the person that punishes the person that punishes someone with the death penalty with the death penalty with the death penalty

But then, because they punished someone that punished someone that punished someone that punished someone with death with death with death with death, they will have to be killed

Eventually, you will run out of people who can punish someone with the death penalty, so you will have to do it. Since you killed someone as a punishment, someone will also have to kill you, but because you are the only person that can do that, you will have to do it, ending the loop

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Sounds like the solution for every human problem. I'm on board.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Uh ....yaaaa. simple premise, simple solution.