• Bobmighty@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    The death penalty is just a system of torture and bloody minded vengeance. This dude was innocent and it didn’t matter at all. Anyone that argues in favor of this type of shit is a broken minded psycho that should be shunned.

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    14 hours ago

    Sometimes it just feels like Americans are freaking savages. Abolish capital punishment.

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      8 hours ago

      I understand the feeling, but try not to pigeonhole. There are 300 million Americans, and I haven’t done a survey, but a substantial percent of the population thinks that the death penalty sucks. That’s one reason many states don’t use it at all.

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        3 hours ago

        I get that some states don’t do it, but the federal government also does it on behalf of everyone.

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    14 hours ago

    Regardless of his guilt, the death penalty should only be levied when there is no other viable option. This is a travesty.

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      14 hours ago

      What other options would have made him less black? Let’s be honest, this was because he’s black.

      • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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        7 hours ago

        Dipping him in bleach

        Painting him…any color you want

        Wrapping him in tin foil

        Idk, plenty of ways to make him less black. But that’s not really what they were trying to do. They were trying to kill this guy for something or other.