Tennessee's Supreme Court set an execution date for Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on the state's death row, who killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995 when Pike was 18.
The death penalty is barbaric and should be abolished. Any truly guilty person can rot in prison for life but abolishing the death penalty ensures no innocent person is executed by the state.
Exactly. Unless the justice system can be perfect and right 100% of the time (it can’t), then you shouldn’t be dealing out punishments that cannot be reversed.
Life in prison can (sort of) be reversed if it turns out to be a mistake: you can release the person from prison. The death penalty can never be undone.
The death penalty is barbaric and should be abolished. Any truly guilty person can rot in prison for life but abolishing the death penalty ensures no innocent person is executed by the state.
Exactly. Unless the justice system can be perfect and right 100% of the time (it can’t), then you shouldn’t be dealing out punishments that cannot be reversed.
Life in prison can (sort of) be reversed if it turns out to be a mistake: you can release the person from prison. The death penalty can never be undone.