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TranscriptAlabama suffocated a man to death in a gas chamber tonight after starving him so he wouldn't choke on his own vomit as they did it. And this was deemed perfectly legal by multiple courts in the vaunted American legal system.

That's what happens when you value institutions over people.

Link for more info: https://www.reuters.com/legal/alabama-prepares-carry-out-first-execution-by-nitrogen-asphyxiation-2024-01-25/

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Who's moving goalposts now? A decision being "justified" doesn't mean it's "a chance we have to take."

[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’ve been consistent on my position as well as my statements. You however have yet to form a coherent argument that wasn’t based in emotion.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That's fucking rich. Your entire point is that killing guilty people is somehow justice. How is that not based in emotion?

Here's a coherent argument that isn't based in emotion: the death penalty does not improve society in any way when applied to a guilty person, and when it does lead to the death of an innocent person, it both reduces the likelihood of the real perpetrator ever seeing justice, and prevents the innocent party from ever being released.

[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

Executing the sentence of those found guilty by an impartial trial is the very definition of justice. Perhaps you’ve forgotten that.