• deliriousdreams@fedia.io
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    3 days ago

    Is there a reason you think the death penalty is a deterrent against crime? Or a reason you think Fraud should be punishable by death?

    I’m generally against the death penalty on the whole because we don’t have a system that makes absolutely sure without a reasonable doubt that people who are convicted are guilty. And still I would absolutely not consider fraud for the death penalty even if I was for the death penalty on the whole.

    I’m for scaling sentencing in situations where someone defrauds others on a mass scale but I don’t understand wanting to kill people to deter crime. We already know that doesn’t work and death row is exhorbitantly expensive.

    • terabyterex@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      sorry, it was hyperbolic humor to get to the point that adding all these checks and eroding our rpivacy will do absolutely nothing. i was matching the silliness of the government’s response.