• @phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      310 months ago

      Of you want to love in a civilized society you don’t want to do that. Let them sit in jail for the rest of their lives that’s fine.

    • @TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world
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      310 months ago

      What if you get the wrong person? Yes the perpetrator deserves terrible things, but in order to find and get the right people, we need to go about it in a systematic way. Locking people in jail rather than killing them has the benefit of allowing us to free them should they be exonerated and someone else caught.

      It’s not about what’s deserved, it’s about what will lead to the best outcome. Retribution doesn’t necessarily solve problems.