https://kottke.org/24/09/0045345-the-state-should-not-give
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“The state should not give itself the right to kill human beings — especially when it kills with premeditation and ceremony, in the name of the law or in the name of its people, and when it does so in an arbitrary and discriminatory fashion.”
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The Gooferment should never be permitted to kill for any reason.
I can make a small carve out for those humans that are just too dangerous to keep prison. For example, there should be a Devil’s Island where murders, who attack guards, can be kept and never leave.
The problem with the death penalty is that there is no “undo” function and mistakes happen. Whatever the reason — an “honest” mistake or some sort of discrimination — a mistake can be corrected. But not if the mistake is deadly.
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Reinke Faces Life 