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Do you support the death penalty? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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Last time I looked a majority of Brits support the death penalty. Which personally I've always found quite disturbing considering all the problems with it.

But 5 mins on any subreddit and you have people frothing at the mouth to hang every criminal.

Which if even more disturbing.

So what do you think?

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[+] IntentionallyAnon@lemm.ee -20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If the judge and the defendant and the prosecutor all agree that the defendant is guilty and everyone wants the death penalty that’s ok

[–] Patch@feddit.uk 6 points 10 months ago

Oh yeah, because courts have never made a mistake, new evidence never comes to light, and we don't even have a word for "miscarriage of justice".

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The defendant saying that they did it doesn't mean that they did. That could be helping the real guilty party get off.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Not just that. I've been convicted of a crime before. If I could plead guilty to something that would get me executed I would. Because at various times I've been suicidal.

Not just that but I plead guilty to charges I wasn't even sure I committed simply out of shame and a lack of self preservation.

It was complicated and I won't get into it but suffice to say: my experience made me realise criminality isn't black and white.