America executes trans inmate

That'll sort out the criminals, oh wait, no it doesn't.

Hard to believe the guillotine was last used in France in 1977.

putting people in jail with mental health there mad over there

What do you think would work on say a prolific serial killer type?

The death penalty is more expensive than the usual alternative of life without parole. One quote from this article but there are many more

Why is it so expensive. It shouldn’t be, if the conviction is deemed sound then just get on with the execution.

If there is a legitimate reason for appeal transfer them to a different prison until a final decision is made.

Maybe the multiple life sentences need to be kept as a reserve.

If someone is found to have had a botched trial, I suppose it makes things easier if a further sentence is in place.

I don't know if it would apply, but if you had the hypothetical case where a witness testified to a murder, one of several the defendant commited, and it turned out years later that the witness was lying, would not several life sentences avoid an expensive retrial as a penalty would still be in place for the other crimes?

I guess in these modern times, mistakes are so few and far apart, the odd error can be tolerated.

Salem burnt their witches in their modern times, what on earth could the problem be?

Indeed, there are some disgusting individuals out there, but having taken an interest in this almost exclusively American approach, I have become more and more attuned against it.

The DP is full of contradictions, the Republicans who want to spare life at any costs it seems, have such an enthusiasm for guns and general carnage that knows no bounds after the sprog pops into the world. Ten minutes prior to that the poor mite is protected as securely as Fort Knox.

The number of DP fanatics expressing regret at the leniency of the death penalty or the fact that it can only be applied once, suggests that maybe the worst of those in the courtroom might be those observing.

Then of course there are the group that have no faith in the American justice system, fearing the killer will be set free or escape. The logic that the justice system can be trusted to convict and punish with a death sentence, yet fails when keeping dangerous criminals out of society never seems to cross their minds.

That of course is not even touching on the racism that seems to be an accepted part of the American justice system.

I just wonder why the proponents of capital punishment who seem to have all the answers don't just figure out a way of reinstating the victims of their errors?

I wonder why no one has used "an eye for an eye" in response to the jury that convicts the killer wrongfully?

It seems odd that people like yourself are so sure about convictions, yet they are not willing to take any responsibility when mistakes are made.

Like the English with their Brexit, people that have lied and have changed the lives of millions for the worse, get off scot free without any comeback.

As far as I recollect not one single person was held accountable in the UK for the lies and beatings in the Birmingham Six case.

There is nothing good about the death of an individual if it is brought about through vengeance.

Zero percent of these guys living after their incorrect executions too:

The Death Penalty Information Center has identified at least 190 former death-row prisoners in the United States who have been exonerated since 1973. DPIC reported in February 2021 that exonerated death-row prisoners had been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in 29 different states and in 118 different counties.

I'd rather be executed than spend the rest of my life in prison.