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For what it’s worth - life without parol should be abolished too, even if it is cheaper than the death penalty https://twitter.com/halfsleepers/status/1337208551740215296
The economic argument against the death penalty is a good one, DP is an egregious waste of state resources and comes with heavy social costs, but our alternative should not be based in denying someone’s freedom for the final breaths
If we’re going to overcome the injustices of the criminal system we all must first individually reconcile with our obsession over punishment.
I think back to learning about Bernie Madoff in crim, dude was like 80 sentenced to something like 150 years for white collar crime and the class was like “that’s justice”
To who? Why does anyone have to die in jail for us to feel whole?
To who? Why does anyone have to die in jail for us to feel whole?
A final note:
I don’t have a proposed alternative for prison and do not care to formulate one. It is so clearly evil, inhuman and racist that there is no need to push for an alternative, only its abolition.
I don’t have a proposed alternative for prison and do not care to formulate one. It is so clearly evil, inhuman and racist that there is no need to push for an alternative, only its abolition.
