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They need to pay this man.
They need to pay this man.
The US is the ONLY Western nation that still retains Capital punishment. Infact many non-Western countries have abolished it, while others don't use in practice.
Look at the company the US is in. Oh and the Telegraph is a right of center, pro conservative party paper.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/countries-that-still-have-the-death-penalty/
Point being there is no reason to execute people other than to appeal to the most base our emotions which have no place in the legal system.1: Well of course you don't. C'mon man, it's an opinion. No human has to do anything ever. You can hold in your shit if you want to until you fucking die. Does that mean you don't have to shit? Are we being semantically literal here? Glad you're not my wife!
Its not a waste, if it was "efficient" maybe poor cunts like the guy in the OP would get executed before they had a chance to prove their innocence. Do you want a fast tracked execution process knowing people get exonerated off death row?2: Disclaimer: I'm speaking in ideal world.
Of course every single thing administrated by the legal system or the government is a big giant waste of everything.
Sounds like the guy did it but I'm just trying to point out that certain kinds of evidence that are very convincing to juries, like eye witness and confessions, are in fact highly prone to errors.3: Idk if they do forensics on shit like this, just to back up their case. But he actually collected all the shell casings and put them in a bag, but accidentally left them at the scene. Idk why they didn't get prints so that's kinda fucked.
Anyways, Jessie Dotson is the guy's name if you're interested. Amongst the murdered were his brother and two nephews.
You'd call two countries in Far East Asia "Western"?I'm against the death penalty, but that's a pretty restrictive definition of "Western".
I'd call Japan and Singapore "Western".
You'd call two countries in Far East Asia "Western"?
Singapore is neither liberal nor democratic. They even have physical punishment there, they hit people with canes. The same party has been in power forever and the last president won after all the other candidates were considered ineligible.Yeah, politically "The West" is usually used more to refer to economically developed liberal democracies than anything else. Same reason Israel is usually included and countries like Moldova excluded.
I don't really like that usage of the term tbh, doesn't really make sense to me. If the whole world turns into developed liberal democracies is the whole world "Western"? And it often excludes most of the Western hemisphere which is silly to me.Yeah, politically "The West" is usually used more to refer to economically developed liberal democracies than anything else. Same reason Israel is usually included and countries like Moldova excluded.
Singapore is neither liberal nor democratic. They even have physical punishment there, they hit people with canes. The same party has been in power forever and the last president won after all the other candidates were considered ineligible.
They're as democratic as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
I don't really like that usage of the term tbh, doesn't really make sense to me. If the whole world turns into developed liberal democracies is the whole world "Western"? And it often excludes most of the Western hemisphere which is silly to me.
I get Australia more so because at least its Western in its cultural roots but Singapore and Japan are as Asian as it gets.Geographically Australia isn't in the Western Hemisphere either, but it's included in the cold war, developmental and cultural inheritance based definitions.
I get Australia more so because at least its Western in its cultural roots but Singapore and Japan are as Asian as it gets.
Politically sure its Western in its structure but I think culturally Singapore is distinct from the West and Japan is definitely so.Singapore's current structure is almost as much of a legacy of it's time as a British colony as Australia's, and the definition of "the West" is usually dependent on the dichotomy being described. Does the abolition of the death penalty revolve around a cultural dichotomy? I would think economic and human rights development would be the axis.
Most of the time false testimony is not malicious but rather a mistake. Do you prosecute people for a mistake? I say no but you do take the possibility of mistakes into account and act accordingly.
Politically sure its Western in its structure but I think culturally Singapore is distinct from the West and Japan is definitely so.
I'm not sure this semantic argument I'm making here is really relevant though since what matters is what @MicroBrew meant.
That's true but I think prosecuting people for honest mistakes like this would have an adverse affect on the justice system. If you knew you could get prosecuted for an honest mistake you'd be less likely to cooperate with law enforcement I'd imagine.Most vehicle related fatalities are accidental, but manslaughter and reckless driving are still crimes.
My understanding of the perception and definition of Western = countries created by and mostly peopled by Western Europeans. This is also how people in the MiddleEast perceived "the West" as. Singapore and Japan are East Asian.I'm against the death penalty, but that's a pretty restrictive definition of "Western".
I'd call Japan and Singapore "Western".
Death is cheaper and it's not torture. I think that kind of torture is overkill. Just whack the guy.
How does one "lose track" of a 2yr old? Especially in a place where there are motor vehicles. The guy obviously didn't deserve to sit on death row, but I am I the only one who read the op and thought he at least sounded negligent?