Lori Vallow sentenced to life. That's sure more than her two children got. Save the money and do a public execution. Maybe it will slow the next nutcases down who want to attempt this. Unpopular opinion maybe, but it is still mine. https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/31/us/lori-vallow-daybell-sentencing/index.html
@CinnamonGirlE When the death penalty is used, violent crime goes up. When it is done away with, violent crime goes down.
If the death penalty actually had a positive effect, I'd be less against it.
@CoyoteConscious @CinnamonGirlE when I was in law school, everything I read demonstrates that the death penalty is not an effective deterrent. It has never been an effective deterrent. It is revenge, pure and simple.
If you look at the psychological studies, it’s the same thing. It’s not a deterrent, even if you go back to “ the crime of punishment.”
We have known for decades the death penalty is not editor it, but we sure enjoy torturing people to death. We love revenge.
@J_Windrow @CoyoteConscious
I freely admit it. I do want revenge for the murdered, the raped, the sexually abused. But only when it is just. Justice. I want that. I make no apologies for it.
But. Justice is obviously when the correct person has the justice applied to them. Otherwise it isn't justice. I am pretty bleeding heart. But I guess at the end of the day, if you are a criminal with no regard, or perhaps even born with no internal compass and visit this on others? Why should you live?