The problem is that we don't have a justice system in our society. We have a circus Colosseum where people pick sides and cry for blood.
It's pretty simple. If someone is such a hazard and threat to the function of society that you have to lock them away indefinitely out of fear of what they will do while free... how is that any more humane than killing them?
You keep them on display for your own delusional self-righteousness while depriving them of life, liberty, property, and dignity. At the expense of other people. Learn what it means to make a decision and let them depart this life.
The only people who should be in jail are those who are suspected of being a danger and should be awaiting their trial.
"But Aim! Death penalty bad! People have been wrongly put in jail for decades!"
Innocent until proven guilty. We've lost concept of that idea because we say: "Oh, it's not like we're killing them." If the evidence doesn't convince a jury that the individual needs to be killed - then it isn't good enough to put them in jail for so much as ten days.
In instances where the offense is not worthy of an eviction from society - a fine or some exchange of service should be imparted.
Fine/service or death. Should be the only two penalties available to a jury. If the offense isn't worth killing over - it isn't worth keeping them penned like an animal. If a jury can't come to a unanimous decision to kill someone - then there wasn't sufficient evidence, nor is there sufficient evidence that they should be locked away for any length of time.
The only thing barbaric is how few people pay attention to what is and isn't a crime, these days - or who consider it acceptable to accept a lower standard of 'guilt' for 'less harsh' punishments.
This:
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Is what our court system has become. This is the future of all systems where we forget that laws are a life and death issue. Ultimately - if you don't abide by the decisions of a court - someone with a firearm shows up to make sure you follow instructions. Failure to do so ultimately ends up in being beaten/subdued or killed - depending upon how much you resist.
All laws are a life and death issue. There should be absolutely no attempt to obscure this fact. The only laws that should exist are those that are worth, ultimately, killing over. A fine may be the settlement - but a failure to uphold the settlement results in a life-or-death struggle.