blauSamstag wrote:
xenon13 wrote:
If a rich person is killed, a "pillar of the community", the DA is far more likely to say "Someone must die for this", than if some derelict happens to be killed.
Right. It's about revenge.
Revenge is BS. The victim cannot be made whole, so you should stop losing sleep over it.
Yes and I hate how they try to dress it up as justice, when really it's just about wanting to spill blood for blood.
"Ooooh, but the death penalty protects our children!! ! The families need closure!! !" No. The families have a natural desire for revenge (most of them, some do not, look at the Amish) but the state should not give them the right to get revenge, we live in a society right? Besides forgiveness, or at least a confrontation with the killer, is as likely to provide closure as revenge if not more.