• ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz
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      8 months ago

      You’re not wrong, but at least there’s a chance that they’ll be released, and with therapy they might even have a normal life again some day. If you kill someone, they’re dead. Nothing you can do about it beyond maybe putting an “Oops, our bad, sorry about that” plaque on their headstone.

      I will also say that prisons should not be cruel. The role of prisons should be rehabilitation, protection of society from those who can’t be rehabilitated, and lastly (and for once actually least importantly) punishment.

      • John_McMurray@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        The rehabilitation line is a lie people tell themselves to feel better about being ok with extreme cruelty