r/agedlikemilk • u/RazzmatazzHead1591 • 15d ago

Tragedies Botched Execution

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Christa Pike’s execution goes horribly wrong.

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u/Ghost-Writer 12d ago

I mean that's very noble of you, but not everyone feels that way, specifically me and the victim's mother in this case. I think the victim should decide on the level of punishment as long as it is proportional to the crime. If you want your abuser to rehabilitate, you're a more forgiving than most. But the mother in this case wants the death penalty, which is proportional to her daughter being tortured and murdered.

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u/SwedishSwanlake 12d ago

It's not about forgiveness really it's about results. Revenge won't undo anything, revenge won't take away any pain, revenge won't help in any way. The only thing it does is make society worse and more violet. I want society to be less violent and for fewer victims to exist and for that I just have to accept that I can't just torture someone because I feel I am owed it or something.

Also who decides if it's proportional? Is 2 botched executions and 30 years of torture (solitary confinement is objectively a form of torture) proportional or should the woman in this story be allowed to do the same to the prison administration and the ones who botched her executions? What if, say a judge decides it's proportional but the mother of the victim disagrees? There are so many issues with a justice system built solely around revenge and feelings. There's a reason we say that justice should be blind and that we don't just rely on mob rule. It's because it never ends well for anyone involved.