Anytus to Socrates' jury: He shouldn't have been charged...but now that he's here he must be found guilty and sentenced to death...I'm sorry...that's just how these things work.
Moral of the story: for people who really do love the death penalty, innocence isn't the primary concern. "Integrity of the System" means that once you are in the system the system must be allowed to destroy you...otherwise the system looks weak.
I've heard that before. That one of the reasons it's so hard to overturn a guilty verdict, especially one that resulted in the death penalty, is that the system must appear infallible, and admitting you fucked up causes people to rightly doubt that infallibility. And they can't have that, particularly in a system that leans heavily on being just and moral. People would be trying to overturn convictions right and left, and the more that succeeded, the more fallible the system would appear. Pretty soon everyone would realize that people present this evidence and make these decisions and people are fallible, and in some cases even corrupt. Then where would we be? You might even end up with one of those systems like Sweden's or something, where punitive imprisonment isn't a thing and there's no death penalty for anything.
cops and prosecutors who give false evidence in order to put someone on death row are accessories to murder and themselves get to be prosecuted for giving false evidence and put on death row.Their weapon is the government. Their motive is greed. It's pretty fucking heinous
largely on the grounds that executing a blatantly innocent human being would be pretty bad PR for the death penalty.
And he’s right. Executing an innocent man will be a huge blow to the myth that the death penalty is administered justly.
I used to support capital punishment for certain heinous crimes. I turned against it for the same reason as Getplaning said.
Anytus to Socrates' jury: He shouldn't have been charged...but now that he's here he must be found guilty and sentenced to death...I'm sorry...that's just how these things work.
Moral of the story: for people who really do love the death penalty, innocence isn't the primary concern. "Integrity of the System" means that once you are in the system the system must be allowed to destroy you...otherwise the system looks weak.
Your observation is shocking, sir. Shocking.
Genesis 18:23...apparently God is skeptical too.
White guy. Win-win, right?
Another hope dashed.
Doug Piranha!
..or as long as Donald Trump walks around as a free man.
I oppose capital punishment because it morally degrade society, and the behaviour in this case is perfect evidence of that moral degradation.
There are times when someone needs killing. Like when they pose an immediate serious danger to other people.
Those are rare cases and should not be used to justify judicial homicide.
Only if you are liberal, then Jewish or black or outspoken or ....
Kafkaesque.
I've heard that before. That one of the reasons it's so hard to overturn a guilty verdict, especially one that resulted in the death penalty, is that the system must appear infallible, and admitting you fucked up causes people to rightly doubt that infallibility. And they can't have that, particularly in a system that leans heavily on being just and moral. People would be trying to overturn convictions right and left, and the more that succeeded, the more fallible the system would appear. Pretty soon everyone would realize that people present this evidence and make these decisions and people are fallible, and in some cases even corrupt. Then where would we be? You might even end up with one of those systems like Sweden's or something, where punitive imprisonment isn't a thing and there's no death penalty for anything.
cops and prosecutors who give false evidence in order to put someone on death row are accessories to murder and themselves get to be prosecuted for giving false evidence and put on death row.Their weapon is the government. Their motive is greed. It's pretty fucking heinous
If I'd been a sibling, I would have stuck up for you.
It sounds like he can only give a commutation or pardon based on the recommendation of the parole board?