Do you support the death penalty? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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Last time I looked a majority of Brits support the death penalty. Which personally I've always found quite disturbing considering all the problems with it.

But 5 mins on any subreddit and you have people frothing at the mouth to hang every criminal.

Which if even more disturbing.

So what do you think?

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[-] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 5 points 6 months ago

The defendant saying that they did it doesn't mean that they did. That could be helping the real guilty party get off.

[-] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Not just that. I've been convicted of a crime before. If I could plead guilty to something that would get me executed I would. Because at various times I've been suicidal.

Not just that but I plead guilty to charges I wasn't even sure I committed simply out of shame and a lack of self preservation.

It was complicated and I won't get into it but suffice to say: my experience made me realise criminality isn't black and white.

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