BrikoX@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoGhana parliament votes to abolish death penaltywww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down12cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1153arrow-down1external-linkGhana parliament votes to abolish death penaltywww.bbc.co.ukBrikoX@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
minus-squareaeternum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoDeath penalty has no place today. It’s barbaric, and, at least in america, it’s like 5% of those executed are innocent. I don’t know the exact number, but that’s not good enough. Imagine waking up one day to be executed and you did nothing wrong.
minus-squareqaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou can always release somebody from prison, you can’t pick them up from the afterlife.
Death penalty has no place today. It’s barbaric, and, at least in america, it’s like 5% of those executed are innocent. I don’t know the exact number, but that’s not good enough. Imagine waking up one day to be executed and you did nothing wrong.
You can always release somebody from prison, you can’t pick them up from the afterlife.