Lebanon on Tuesday became the first Middle East country to formally abolish the death penalty. Lebanon had not carried out an execution since 2004.

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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  • CovertOperative@piefed.zipEnglish
    12·
    27 days ago

    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.

    • deft@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      21·
      27 days ago

      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.