• OccamsRazer@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Death penalty isn’t necessary at all anymore, as there isn’t any risk to society in keeping them imprisoned. In the past we were sometimes forced to execute because there weren’t viable long term prisons. That’s the only legitimate need for the death penalty to exist in my opinion.

    I can’t imagine it works as a deterrent given the psychopathic nature of these crimes.

    I suppose it could bring some kind of peace to a victim of aggravated rape, that their rapist had paid the ultimate price so that would be nice. I’m not sure it works that way though or if it’s a healthy coping mechanism.

    Overall it feels like it should be a relic of the past.