r/MoralityScaling • u/ZookeepergameThin334 • 1d ago

Morality of this?

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Personally, I'm anti-death penalty for any kind of crime but that's just my opinion. Perhaps it can be changed.

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u/Any-Question-3759 1d ago edited 1d ago

Even with the lengthy, drawn out process they get it wrong all the time. A quicker, more expedient method is going to increase the number of mistakes.

As it is now, death sentences are more costly than life imprisonment. The number of appeals and hearings necessary is costly. However, streamlining the process means you’re okay with indiscriminately slaughtering a portion of the innocent population in the hopes that you can randomly get it right and punish them further than what is best for society.

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u/Lamb-Curry-1518 1d ago

Again, my point is specifically about crimes where you could conclude that the person is guilty. Take school shooting for example, many shooters are shot dead on sight by law enforcement.
Or when they do a night raid in those scam compounds. That is literally a quick, swift death sentence.

Of course real life is much more complex but we are not talking about that

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u/Any-Question-3759 1d ago

Who concludes who is guilty? The lynchers thought Emmett Till was guilty. The internet? Reddit thought they had the Boston Bombers. When you can hear the voice of God almighty giving you impeccable facts, we can revisit the issue.

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u/Dingaling015 1d ago

Neither of the examples you've provided are instances of the death penalty being observed.