YeahToast@aussie.zone to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoUS military will execute Fort Hood attacker by firing squad, a first in 60 yearswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1148arrow-down1external-linkUS military will execute Fort Hood attacker by firing squad, a first in 60 yearswww.bbc.comYeahToast@aussie.zone to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square64fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretriptrapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoHave you considered… not having the person executed at all?
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoof course. im anti death penalty.
minus-squareSeralth@piefed.seralth.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoBanishment can be a much worse punishment than execution. There’s also just throwing them in a dark small room for 40 years. There’s plenty of things far worse than death to punish people with if your just looking to be cruel. Death penalty like this is just a state level pr stunt and propaganda basically.
Have you considered… not having the person executed at all?
of course. im anti death penalty.
Banishment can be a much worse punishment than execution.
There’s also just throwing them in a dark small room for 40 years.
There’s plenty of things far worse than death to punish people with if your just looking to be cruel.
Death penalty like this is just a state level pr stunt and propaganda basically.