“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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[–] -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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