Trump Rages at Biden for Wrecking His Plans for Executions: ‘Makes No Sense’
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Human rights experts praised Biden’s decision to commute death-row sentences—which baffled death penalty hawk Trump.

Summary

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life without parole, sparing all but three convicted of high-profile mass killings.

Biden framed the decision as a moral stance against federal executions, citing his legal background and belief in the dignity of human life.

Donald Trump criticized the move as senseless, vowing to reinstate the death penalty.

Reactions were mixed: some victims’ families condemned Biden, while others supported his decision. Human rights groups praised it as a significant step against capital punishment.

  • Pavel Chichikov@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    18 hours ago

    The delusion in this thread is hilarious.

    Also, yes we should kill inmates who commit certain crimes if they meet a certain burden of proof. The service done to society by killing off these fools far outweighs the costs incurred should a few innocent lives be taken in the process.

    • AreaSIX @lemm.ee
      2·
      10 hours ago

      Funny how .world mods enforced ‘no calling for killing of innocent people’ when everyone was cheering on CEOs getting dropped. But when ‘edgy’ pieces of shit like this ghoul say “innocent lives? Whatever, the benefits outweigh the costs regardless”, it just stands. I guess the explanation that the servers are in Holland where it’s illegal to say innocent people should be killed, just means illegal when innocent=CEO.

    • katy ✨
      1·
      9 hours ago

      how are you gonna condemn someone for killing by killing them?

    • emptiestplace@lemmy.ml
      9·
      17 hours ago

      When one finds oneself advocating for a contentious position—particularly one with irreversible consequences—without having engaged in rigorous intellectual due diligence, it becomes imperative to pause and examine the foundations of that conviction. The casual acceptance of collateral damage in matters of state-sanctioned execution suggests an intellectual framework built more on intuition than careful ethical reasoning.

      • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        11 hours ago

        This is kinda bad faith as the overwhelming bulk of statistical and economic literature on the matter makes it clear how terribly expensive incarceration is.

        Execution does end the money drain BUT our method of doing so necessarily makes it stupid expensive.

        The best thing we could do for the thing the person is raging about is stop the for profit incarceration system, remove the death penalty entirely and work on a reform system.

        • Pavel Chichikov@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 hour ago

          We should just automate the shooting of death-row inmates in the back of the head. Execution should be meted out within a 3 year maximum period after conviction. There should be a dedicated post-conviction detective squad that reviews case material for each conviction for the duration of the 3 year window to make sure the case didn’t miss anything. There should be an emergency review panel available to convene 6 months before the date of the execution, with the express purpose of reviewing any new findings, with the authority to stay the execution if new evidence has surfaced that warrants further investigation, with stays not being allowed to exceed one year.