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Because we do not need to execute people, but we do need to imprison some.
Why is it that when I say 'we shouldnt kill people' you say 'then why even lock them up?'
Because every moral argument that can be applied to the death penalty can also be applied to imprisonment. I think we're going in a circle here.
The system you support imprisons thousands of innocent people, many of them for life. How do you morally justify this? Is it just a trolley problem for you, and the innocent people rotting to death in prison are just the unfortunate ones tied to the tracks, and they must die for the good of the system?
No I disagree. The goal is simple and specific: stop wrongful executions.
You can say "well also other stuff is bad" sure, thats not the point here. the point is that we make ONE change and save lives. Stop executions. No other changes are required. The system, the facilities, the employees, everything else already exists to facilitate this.
So while there are MANY other improvements that can be made to the justice system this is ONE SINGLE SIMPLE change that WOULD ABSOLUTELY save lives.
Why havent we done it?