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Thou shalt not kill, except... (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children)

But lawfulness does not depend on your opinion (unless you are part of the supreme court or equivalent). It depends on the law. You can call it immoral but it's lawful by definition.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    But it isn't. It's illegal in 23 states. Legal in some and illegal in others and the listing is growing. Sentiment against state sponsored revenge killing is also growing.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    That's the US and I'm sure there is some clusterfuck between state law and federal law in a lot of places. But hence "It depends on the law". In general, if the death penality is legal and it's carried out according to the law, it's a lawful killing.

    Personally I'm very much against the death penalty and I'm glad we don't have it here.

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