Comment by 5w6u56uw

20 hours ago

> To what end?

The satisfaction of revenge and the entertainment value of watching it televised.

And where does that end?

Public stonings, where you can bid on the rocks? Cut a thief’s hand off?

  • Suggesting the death penalty when these crimes kill people is not advocating for a new type of punishment.

    Treating a burglary as more severe than a multi million dollar pension fraud seems backward by any metric beyond the social status of the criminals involved.