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I consider this a critical support moment. I don't believe the death penalty should exist in a socialist society. In fact, I don't even understand what the logical argument(s) for the death penalty are?
China has a population of over a billion people; even light corruption can harm tens of thousands of people as evidenced in a case mentioned somewhere here that led to 50,000 infants being hospitalized; the worse the corruption, the more and more people who are harmed, and the lighter the sentence, the more likely people will mentally balance whether they're fine in engaging with corruption vs a light sentence they may receive. Studies have even shown that punishing the wealthy is more likely to deter crime from their class than it does with poorer people (so there's data proving it works). China has a billion people, and even light corruption can destroy the lives of millions.
Being against the death penalty at this point would be more a personal aversion than a reasoned stance.
Have studies ever shown that execution is actually more of a deterrent than life in prison? My understanding is that it isn't, but I'm happy to be corrected.