Death Penalty Debate

Discussions revolve around the use, morality, history, and effectiveness of capital punishment and executions, including arguments for executing criminals, concerns about wrongful executions, and comparisons to historical or modern practices.

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shrimp_emoji Jun 23, 2023 View on HN

Damn, why don't we execute people that way (if we're still executing people, that is)?

karajima May 10, 2017 View on HN

Well, if that 'murder' was an execution of a convicted criminal. Why not?

syndacks Feb 4, 2023 View on HN

Why not simply execute the criminals?

varjag Sep 23, 2022 View on HN

Weren't they all executed in the end?

ctack Oct 23, 2021 View on HN

You would be hanged in some countries.

ConcernedCoder Jul 7, 2024 View on HN

people got executed for EVERYTHING back then... sheesh...

dsabanin Jul 7, 2020 View on HN

Why jail? I think we should just execute them on the spot. /s

bluefirebrand Jul 14, 2022 View on HN

You're right. Public executions it is, then.

treve Aug 23, 2016 View on HN

Sounds a bit like the death penalty.

notastartup Apr 14, 2014 View on HN

shocking. he was just 5 days into being executed by the state. makes me think if execution really does anything, especially when there have been several cases where justice was inappropriately carried out on innocent people.