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Sega9599 posted...

Then the argument needs to successfully shift from 'SHOULD it ever be used' to 'WHEN are the specific requirements that when found 100% guilty which we both agree people like Hitler met, that would allow for a death sentence? No, not the carjacking that went wrong.

Arguing "when" the death penalty should be used carries the implication that it should be used. I do not believe it should be used.

There is no standard you can apply that will both include all the people that it "should" be used on without also catching some innocents in the (possibly literal) crossfire. That is the core issue at play. We can also add on the fact that justice is absolutely not applied fairly. Someone earlier pointed out that black men are significantly more likely to get the death penalty, for example. Then you have the shenanigans that occur when bigoted people end up in control of sentences and use that to target the group(s) they dislike.

I'd like to ask you again, how many innocents getting executed by the state is too many in your opinion?