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I am pro death penalty, and its not even a thing where I live. I've heard all the arguments against and I simply don't agree. I also don't consider it an ethical problem in regards to state sanctioned murder.
I am however in favour of painless executions and every effort should of course be made to ensure the event is as stress free as possible. I'm not a complete animal
For sure, I agree it should be used only in cases where we're absolutely sure that they did it. For example, mass shooters that are taken into custody mid-shooting and there is an absolutely undeniable chain of custody to ensure that the wrong person isn't getting killed.
That doesn't seem possible, at least in my country. The fact that we have executed people that turned out to be incocent later makes my stomach turn.
I don't have a problem with the state killing people in principle. I just have a problem with the state killing the incorrect people (actual, guilty people that don't deserve to live).