Lebanon on Tuesday became the first Middle East country to formally abolish the death penalty. Lebanon had not carried out an execution since 2004.
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Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the UN all in favor of slavery over execution. Am I the only one who thinks that’s worse?
I think it’s better because if new evidence surfaces and proves innocence, the prisoner could be freed. You can’t unexecute someone.
While I’d do agree, there is other things you can’t undo. Both the person themselves and the external factors would be against the impacted person.
The person will be left with lifelong trauma, PTSD and sorts of other illnesses including physical illnesses; in addition to that, sustaining life would be a challenge.
In terms of external factors, the society will always look down on that person; in addition, finding jobs would be nearly impossible making financial sustainment difficult and enabling homelessness.
I’m not making it appear as one option is better than the other, but puting into realisation that the system is constructed to break people no matter if the person is inoccent or not. The issue is the system.
Personally speaking I’d rather live with a chance of proving my innocence than die. I suspect most people would feel the same.
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I mean this in the most caring way I can. That way you describe things reminds me of an ex I had that had suicidal thoughts and tendencies.
I’m not saying your case is similar, but staying alive just because there is a feeling of letting people down if you don’t, was a red flag that helped my ex get into therapy and eventually a medication that improved their life.
Just a thought. Healthy brains don’t generally don’t wish for death, only holding back due to guilt. In the case of my ex it was a chemical imbalance that was able to be fixed.
Again not saying this is the case for you. But the way you talk here really reminded me of some important talks I had with someone going through a very particular mental health situation.
While I’d agree it is slavery. There are definitely some people I think deserve to have their rights entirely restricted forever and contribute to society with the understanding they will never benefit from it themselves which sure you can call slavery but I think most would refer to it as a form of punishment and service.
If criminals, even just those who are proven guilty of the worst crimes without doubt, are forced to provide free labor, society directly benefits from their crimes and is incentivised not to prevent them.
I think that’s a perverted way to view it.
As of right now private companies benefit from imprisoning people so they lobby to keep certain laws and retain an abundance of prisoners from petty crimes. On top of more private industries benefitting from selling military grade tech to police forces.
People being forced to provide free labor as an alternative to the death penalty is the lesser problem in the face of that.