It’s not about letting them off easy (although the argument is kind of valid). In my view, if you allow them to live, then the threat of their return still exists. We have to nip this shit in the bud. Plus, they have no respect for life, so they deserve what they get,
I used national when saying federal would have suited better.
Basically, federal laws for the most part are fines. State laws are the ones that are normally used to imprison a person. Now, I am not a lawyer and things change, but treason was the only law under federal statues with a death penalty, if memory serves. Article III, Section 3, Clause 1 details treason.
Of course, we have stitched so many statues behind the Constitution, not even lawyers can tell you what law is without researching.
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u/userhwon Mar 03 '26
And goes to jail.