GuyFawkes@midwest.social to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAs Trump seeks death penalty in DC, Bondi says administration also wants it across the countrywww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkAs Trump seeks death penalty in DC, Bondi says administration also wants it across the countrywww.cnn.comGuyFawkes@midwest.social to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
Crossposted from https://midwest.social/post/36018372 Mark my words, they’re going to use this to “legally” eliminate any opposition.
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down2·1 day agoThe death penalty is more expensive, it occasionally kills wrongly convicted people, and there is no credible evidence that shows it deters crime. I’d rather spend that tax money on potholes. This is dumb.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 day agoIt’s cruel though, and killing people makes small men feel big.
minus-squarepilferjinx@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoI can see this being morphed into immediate executions against dissidents or undesirables.
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoWell he’s already willing to execute suspected drug smugglers without trial
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoIt only is more expensive because of the appeals process… Something tells me this administration won’t give them rights.
minus-squareGuyFawkes@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoI think everything you listed are features, not bugs, to this regime.
minus-squarecrandlecan@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoSometimes? About 50% of executions were of innocent people
The death penalty is more expensive, it occasionally kills wrongly convicted people, and there is no credible evidence that shows it deters crime.
I’d rather spend that tax money on potholes. This is dumb.
It’s cruel though, and killing people makes small men feel big.
I can see this being morphed into immediate executions against dissidents or undesirables.
Well he’s already willing to execute suspected drug smugglers without trial
Bingo.
It only is more expensive because of the appeals process… Something tells me this administration won’t give them rights.
I think everything you listed are features, not bugs, to this regime.
Sometimes? About 50% of executions were of innocent people