Robert Bowers, the gunman who killed 11 worshippers and wounded six others at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 in the deadliest-ever attack on Jewish people in the United States, was unanimously sentenced to death by a federal jury on Wednesday.

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    11 months ago

    I think it’s really flawed logic to say that the death penalty condones or encourges murder. I also think it’s designed to be the ultimate justice, not a deterrent. Here’s my opinion on the matter:

    Are there monsters who deserve death? Absolutely!

    Is killing citizens a power we should give to the state? Never.

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      11 months ago

      To me, a life in prison is far more terrifying than death. Especially if it was solitary confinement or something.

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      11 months ago

      When ANY killing is acceptable, murder becomes slightly less reprehensible to a society.

      If the state kills someone through the courts because they deserve the death penalty, then when a murderer feels a person deserves it, they can justify, in their minds, the killing of a person.

      Again, any killing of a human should be the ultimate taboo. That’s the way to decrease murder in a society.