“Kenny just began to gasp for air repeatedly and the execution took about 25 minutes total.”

Pretty compassionate way to kill a person.

Once again, the Law in the south is brutal.

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[–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The state does not care whether they are innocent as well, and that callousness is just as bad from the eyes of people living in a civilized society...

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm pretty sure this guys's guilt was beyond dispute. States have so many appeals and checks on capital punishment that it is much, much cheaper to default to life in prison. The economic argument isn't noble but should be included in the debate.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's estimated that 4% of prisoners on death row are innocent. Sure, we're certain about this guy, but that's the case for those 4%, as well.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's a good argument for increasing the threshold of guilt for capital crimes. But of those legitimately and obviously guilty, do they owe a debt equal to their own life for murdering someone else?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How does their death pay for that debt? There is no compensation, no restitution has been made, nothing else is corrected. So, why?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It would be restoration by proxy. I once had a friend who stole money. He did not know the person and could never find him again. To make restoration he gave an equal amount plus reasonable interest to a charity, anonymously. The charity was a proxy for the man from whom he stole.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can you proved evidence to this opinion of yours?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Which opinion? That the state doesn't care about whether a victim of a murderer is innocent or also a criminal? You can look up just about any criminal case and see that criminals are just as often victims of crime as any 'innocent' person. Literally, a compatriot dying while committing a crime with you will get you charged with Felony Murder.

    If you mean that the state doesn't care if it executes innocent people, well: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/innocence

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