Courtney Heard 🇨🇦Jan 18, 2023

Data suggests that 4% of capital cases in the US are wrongful convictions. With over 2400 people on death row in the US, that means ~96 innocent men and women are waiting to be killed by your tax dollars right now, while the true perpetrators go free.

It is time to end the death penalty.

#EndTheDeathPenalty

Show threadLarry SadlerJan 19, 2023
@godlessmom
I respectfully disagree. I don't see the needless waste of money spent on the likes of Charles Manson. How much tax money was spent keeping him alive and well. He got full medical, dental, three meals a day , and a nice dry warm bed to sleep in. That money could have been spent on the homeless, or a variety of other programs that actually help people.
Show threadtroy_friz_zellJan 19, 2023

@grey_ghost @godlessmom

So how many innocent people are you willing to execute so that a Charles Manson gets killed?

Show threadLarry SadlerJan 19, 2023
@troy_frizzell @godlessmom
I'm not talking about a single conversation. People that have committed multiple murders in some of the most horrific ways. Why should that person live out his days comfortable with full medical and dental?
Show threadtroy_friz_zell

@grey_ghost @godlessmom

Yes, there are some horrible people. But in reality, innocent people are dying in order to allow the state to execute some that are guilty. Innocent people are dying and will continue to die.

That's the point.

Jan 19, 2023 at 3:38pmWeb
Show threadLarry SadlerJan 19, 2023
@troy_frizzell @godlessmom
That's true, innocent people die every day, but what is the point of housing people who have multiple conversations for murder. They will never see the free world again. They will live the rest of their lives and never contribute to society. I don't believe in single conviction death sentences.
Show threadCourtney Heard 🇨🇦Jan 19, 2023
@grey_ghost @troy_frizzell 1. It’s less expensive to keep someone in custody for life than it is to execute them. 2. Prison staff involved in executions suffer sever PTSD and commit suicide at a higher rate than veterans. 3. The death penalty is demonstrably NOT a deterrent, in fact states with it have a higher homicide rate 4. Loved ones of the inmate are victimized in the same way the victims family is, despite being innocent.
Show threadCourtney Heard 🇨🇦Jan 19, 2023
@grey_ghost @troy_frizzell 5. Victims families often report that the execution did not provide closure and, in fact, made things worse. 6. Journalists and police officers attending the execution report severe PTSD after the fact. 7. And this is the most important one, if we’re wrong, we cannot correct it once someone has been executed.
Show threadCourtney Heard 🇨🇦Jan 19, 2023

@grey_ghost @troy_frizzell so, essentially, supporters of the death penalty want to pay more to create more victims, including wardens, COs, medical staff, inmates families and journalists, and make things worse for the family of the victim, all while correcting and deterring nothing.

Zero logic.

Show threadPaul LalondeJan 19, 2023
@godlessmom @grey_ghost @troy_frizzell I believe that the cruelty is the purpose.
Show threadLarry SadlerJan 19, 2023
@godlessmom @troy_frizzell
Like I said I respectfully disagree. I believe that there are some people who don't deserve to take another breath for the cruel and inhumane things they did.
Show threadMarleyMuskokaJan 19, 2023

@godlessmom @grey_ghost @troy_frizzell

What could be a better way to teach someone that killing is wrong by killing them?