Yeah, coz the American states (as an example) that have the death penalty are working beautfully.
And no one on death row has been subsequently found innocent of the alleged crime.
In the USA, prisons are not state run, rather they are private enterprises and empty cells aren’t profitable... so they get filled... just part of the corporate corruption that exists in that oddball place the world thinks is the icon of civilisation.
But you’re correct in that police and courts can get it wrong and a death penalty can’t be taken back.
But rather than remove the death penalty, I’d think it would be better to limit it to cases where there is multiple witnesses and multiple irrefutable undeniable facts so there is absolutely no doubt. Scum such as James Gargasoulas, Julian Knight and such lowlifes come to mind and it’s these worthless types that shouldn’t be breathing. Instead we allow these worthless types to sue the state for an education or because they don’t have a PlayStation or other such rubbish...
And since we’ve gotten rid of the death penalty, the courts seem to have developed a “compassionate caring” attitude that lets people out on bail, almost always... and it seems to never get revoked.. even when they’ve committed multiple indictable offences while on bail... they get bail again... it just goes on and there seem to be no consequences for them.
So unless you are one of these forgiving cheek turning types, what’s a fit punishment for someone who commits a violent purposeful killing, only to be paroled some years later and then kill again? Such has occurred multiple times
What about a father who pours accelerant on his kids and his wife... if that low life didn’t kill himself, the state should have nailed him to a stake and set him alight as his punishment (if someone did that to my sister and nieces, I’d want nothing less as punishment).
Probably all this should be under what the what pisses me off thread as these goody goodies have simply made a society where the corrupt and criminal can flourish