• MsPenguinette@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Honesty, this is going to be way way way more humane than lethal injection. I’d prefer the state not have the power to kill it’s citizens but if they are going to, I want it to be painless

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      10 months ago

      Took the words out of my mouth.

      I oppose the death penalty but if it’s happening regardless, then at least let’s be humane.

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        10 months ago

        If a guy is being executed wrongfully and he’s certain there’s no hope for escape, pretty sure he’s not going to be excited by the idea of going through a painful hell as well just to prove a point.

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    I’m conflicted on this. I want the death penalty abolished, but also recognize that a more humane death lessens suffering.

    What I don’t want is humane methods of execution being used to further normalize the killing of citizens through a flawed and biased judicial system.

    I hope these humans methods are adopted, and that people keep pushing for executions to be abolished.

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      In my opinion, death penalty is never a solution. For many reasons, but one of the biggest ones being that countries with death penalty don’t have less crime for which death penalty is punishment, implying it doesn’t really work. Another reason being is that when government kills someone it’s doing it in the name of all, making us all murderers. Perhaps the biggest reason is making sure person actually did it. Law is not about who’s right but who argues best. Time and time again we’ve been proven this fact, especially when the rich are involved.

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        Also it costs a fuckton to prosecute and in many ways is any easy way out. What, you’re giving the guy who shot 3 kids and then tried to shoot himself the death penalty?

        Life in prison, where the food is just enough to not starve, the healthcare just enough to continue your suffering, where you’re surrounded 24/7 by the worst of humanity is about as close to hell as we know exists. Just put people in there.

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    Great BBC documentary about this from years ago: https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/kill-human-being/

    Definitely shows this is the most humane way to kill people if you needed to.

    However the tldw is that the suffering and painfulness of executions are basically the point for many. These sick fucks see it as punishment. “A painless death would not be justice”

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      Believe it or not, even a shithole state like Alabama has a few things going for it. My mother spends her winters on Dauphin Island and it’s not a haven for dumb rednecks. But I agree overall the state (like lot of US states) sucks.

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        10 months ago

        I wanted to make a Belle Delphine joke because I thought her name was Bella Dauphin but googling to come up with any info about her just came up with bathwater and the correct spelling of her name so clearly I don’t know enough about her to make the joke.

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    Instead of inventing new methods to kill people, has anyone ever thought of, well, just not killing them?

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      They could also use massive doses of morphine (or fentanyl these days), though they don’t because it’s too pleasant a way to go. If they’ve sentenced someone to death, presumably for some heinous crime, they don’t want to put them down like a beloved elderly Labrador.