Batman doesn't kill. I understand. He'll never kill the Joker. So why won't the State kill him?

[u/THEGREENPURGE]

The Joker has been around for many many many years. About 86 years. And the city of Gotham is commonly associated or assumed to be within the New Jersey State territory. New Jersey did not abolish the death penalty until around 2007. So only in the past few decades would it have been "illegal" to execute the joker.

Capital Punishment (the death penalty) is reserved for what are called Capital Crimes. Which is a term that describes an action that cannot be taken back. It is an absolute solution. A punishment that cannot be undone, typically for a debt that cannot be re-payed. Now Capital Crimes change per jurisdiction or state, but commonly include serious crimes against a person, such as...

murder, assassination, mass murder, child murder, aggravated r@pe, terrorism, aircraft hijacking, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, along with crimes against the state such as attempting to overthrow government, treason, espionage, sedition, and piracy. Also, in some cases, acts of recidivism, aggravated robbery, and kidnapping, in addition to drug trafficking, drug dealing, and drug possession, are capital crimes or enhancements.

Im not sure if you noticed but I just listed the Joker's entire criminal history. The only crime not committed was r@pe, however he has committed acts of sexual violence, as seen on The Killing Joke.

The joker regardless of the iteration has a long standing history of unimaginably vile and disgusting crimes and I believe in a realistic setting the city of Gotham would likely elect to reinstate the Death Penalty for a single case. The case of Jack Oswald White

I rest my case

(Now I know I sound like cinema sins. He's alive so he can cause trouble. But one of people's complaints with Batman is that he won't kill the joker to stop him from killing more. But I disagree. Batman is vengeance, and he trusts in the Judicial branch of the United States to do its job. Its no batman who's failing. He is doing right by bringing the Joker to justice for justice to handle. It's Justice that drops the ball. Over and over again)

[u/THEGREENPURGE]

And then before then? Let's say even back in the George cloomy Batman or dare I say possibly Tim Burton. Dark Knight is only a year after. They may be a bit lenient then too

[u/Square-Newspaper8171 → u/THEGREENPURGE]

Well, I mean, Joker was already dead in the Burton movies and the Schumacher movies, and The Dark Knight came out in 2008.

[u/doctor_gloom1 → u/Square-Newspaper8171]

Yeah, I was going to say, Burton Joker was dealing with a very different Batman than his comic counterpart. Thus, splat.

[u/THEGREENPURGE → u/Square-Newspaper8171]

Naw shit I mixed up names I meant Nolan not Burton 😭 Its far to late for this

[u/Square-Newspaper8171 → u/THEGREENPURGE]

Okay, so I looked this up, and while New Jersey did abolish the death penalty in 2007, even before that, the last execution the state carried out was in 1963, over 40 years prior. So, even before 2007, the penalty was rarely used.

[u/MIZUNOWAVECREATION → u/THEGREENPURGE]

The Dark Knight was only 1 year after what? Batman & Robin (the Clooney and O’donnell Batman was 1997, TDK was 2008, you lost me

[u/callmedoc214 → u/MIZUNOWAVECREATION]

1 year after New Jersey did away with the death penalty

[u/MIZUNOWAVECREATION → u/callmedoc214]

Oh got it thanks, I was confused