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Or, I dunno, maybe don't have a sweeping death penalty? Just the fact that it's prohibitively more expensive, and that far more often than is comfortable people who have been executed are later exonerated for their crimes. Can't exactly "oopsie sorry" an execution. But that's a whole different argument, granted.
Bruh. I'm not even the guy you responded to but speaking of bad fucking arguments against the death penalty, that one is close to the top.
The state shouldn't kill people because it is fucking immoral, not because it's too expensive. Jesus christ.
This is more of a counter-argument. I've frequently seen supporters of the death penalty claim it is cheaper than housing the person in prison for life. But this is false.
Fair enough. Sorry for being a belligerent asshole.