Do you support the death penalty?

[Mordecai]

No.

not a right wing democrat

Yes you are.

[Mordecai]

I’m a huge flip flopper on this issue, to be honest. I question the moral justification of the death penalty, and the states right to end the life of one of its citizens, but I also think that 99.99% of those executed in the last twenty years deserved it. I also had a relative who was murdered in a home invasion in 2011, which is a personal bias.

What exactly are you basing this on?

Empirical data. Like I said, I really don't care about the issue, and IIRC, only 30-40 people out of the thousands of people executed in the United States were of questionable guilt. Only five of them have been completely exonerated. Obviously that is the fault of the justice system in general and not the act of execution.

What the hell?

"Ok some innocent people were accidentally executed… but hey the death penalty worked, they died!"

[Mordecai]

I’m a huge flip flopper on this issue, to be honest. I question the moral justification of the death penalty, and the states right to end the life of one of its citizens, but I also think that 99.99% of those executed in the last twenty years deserved it. I also had a relative who was murdered in a home invasion in 2011, which is a personal bias.

What exactly are you basing this on?

Empirical data. Like I said, I really don't care about the issue, and IIRC, only 30-40 people out of the thousands of people executed in the United States were of questionable guilt. Only five of them have been completely exonerated. Obviously that is the fault of the justice system in general and not the act of execution.

What the hell?

"Ok some innocent people were accidentally executed… but hey the death penalty worked, they died!"

Can you read? If people are found guilty when they are innocent, it is the fault of the justice system. The executioners chair does not put on black robes and bangs a gabble.

Well that's silly. If the death penalty is to be accepted, then so must be accepted the unintended consequences that come with it.