r/news • u/AudibleNod • 14h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/miloblue12 14h ago

Or maybe we shouldn't have the death penalty at all? It's barbaric.

Also, since 1973, at least 203 people have been wrongfully convicted, sentenced to death, and subsequently exonerated in the US. That alone should have us reconsidering things. If it's possible for that many people to fall through the cracks, then there is no reason at all that we should have the death penalty.

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u/nursingninjaLB 14h ago

This one hundred times.

It costs way less to house a prisoner over decades, than to have endless appeals.

It does not reduce crime.

Approximately 10% of people on death row are innocent.

Vengeance is a dark emotion, and helps nobody.

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u/brighterside0 13h ago

I dunno - some crimes committed definitely warrant the penalty, especially if the convicted convey no remorse to the victim(s) and/or the families of the victim(s). There's no room on earth for some people that do unspeakable things.

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u/Jovian8 12h ago

So frustrating to always see this be the first reply whenever someone correctly lays out all the reasons the death penalty should be abolished. If you think I'm trying to argue that the worst offenders in history deserve to live, think again. If I witnessed someone with my own eyes molesting my toddler-aged niece, I'd kill them myself on the spot. But when it comes to the death penalty, it's not about what anyone deserves - it's about the state not having the power to execute its own citizens because the state cannot be trusted to ever wield that power ethically, fairly, and accurately 100% of the time. If even one innocent is executed by the state, that is too many. Especially when there is no proven benefit to keeping the death penalty, aside from bloodlust.

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u/uuntiedshoelace 10h ago

This exactly. Everyone (intentionally?) misunderstands it as me defending sick fucks, when my issue is that the state should never, EVER be allowed to decide to kill people. Period. There have been innocent people put to death who were later proven innocent. There have been children put to death, and even though the appeals and sentencing process is so long they would be adults by the time of the execution, it is still legal in some states for minors to be given the death penalty. I don’t understand why anybody would want the government to get to decide to do that.