I find a lot of people are for the death penalty until I tell them it costs more to execute someone than just keep them in prison for the rest of their lives

While I can understand (but fundamentally disagree with) someone who supports the death penalty for certain crimes, I can never get the problem of false convictions out of my head.

False convictions happen, and more often than the average citizen is likely comfortable with. Someone imprisoned for a false conviction can be compensated with money; someone executed for a false conviction cannot be given anything.

It's interesting that the issue is more polarizing for men than women. I wonder why that is.

the interesting thing is democrats claiming to not favor death penalty yet they really love authoritarian branches who speed death penalty scenarios along by nature.

Not for nothing, but we once banned it in the states.... and then....

This country is deeply broken and pathologically violent.

My objection to the death penalty is simple, we can't undead someone. So, if we kill the wrong person, and we have, there is no possible restitution for the wrongfully convicted.

Why only the two parties?

Seems shitty to ignore everyone else