The world is cruel and brutal... and I think we have lost our way a little bit in this modern world.
Generally agree.
But there are the obvious caveats that our justice system as it stands is broken and corrupt.
Definitely agree.
Heinous crimes are no less common since we decided as a society to show mercy, and I generally don't think it turns out well when the state respects the life of those who don't respect others'.
I don't view it as mercy. As I've said elsewhere, I think we should demand the state value all life, to protect the wrongly convicted. Especially if we were going to expand the death penalty to other crimes like robbery. I want criminals to have basic rights, including not being executed by the state, because I also want those rights. I don't want the precedent that the state can kill certain people. Even if those people are monsters. We just need to also demand our system stop letting these monsters out to do it all again.
Generally agree.
Definitely agree.
I don't view it as mercy. As I've said elsewhere, I think we should demand the state value all life, to protect the wrongly convicted. Especially if we were going to expand the death penalty to other crimes like robbery. I want criminals to have basic rights, including not being executed by the state, because I also want those rights. I don't want the precedent that the state can kill certain people. Even if those people are monsters. We just need to also demand our system stop letting these monsters out to do it all again.
I generally agree with you here, too.
It's a complex issue I haven't had much time to think about with all the other more important shit going on for the past decade or so.