Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhy is Christa Pike from TN being kept alive after two failed execution attempts?message-squaremessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down15
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareWhy is Christa Pike from TN being kept alive after two failed execution attempts?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoNo. It’s not. The punishment is ending the life. What you are describing is legally cruel and unusual.
minus-squarekettuli@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 month agoExecution is cruel and unusual so checks out.
minus-squareFribbizz@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI don’t even think that’s the ultimate argument. Executions are final. There is nothing you can do when you find out someone wasn’t guilty after all. And that happens way too often.
No. It’s not. The punishment is ending the life. What you are describing is legally cruel and unusual.
Execution is cruel and unusual so checks out.
I don’t even think that’s the ultimate argument. Executions are final. There is nothing you can do when you find out someone wasn’t guilty after all. And that happens way too often.