stopthatgirl7Jan 13, 2024

Prosecutors to seek death penalty for white supremacist who killed 10 at Buffalo supermarket

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket.

https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-supermarket-shooting-death-penalty-b6ab8eda541c2c0a0b512a89b0471b91

Buffalo supermarket gunman to face death penalty in hate crimes case

U.S. prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist gunman who killed 10 Black people inside a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. The decision was announced Friday in a court filing. Payton Gendron is already is serving a life sentence with no chance of parole after he pleaded guilty to state charges of murder and domestic terrorism in the 2022 massacre. New York does not have capital punishment, but the Justice Department had the option of seeking the death penalty in a separate federal hate crimes case. Gendron had promised through his lawyers to plead guilty if prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty.

AP News
Show threadNobodyJan 13, 2024

The death penalty is a barbaric institution. It always has been, and it always will be. The government says it’s okay to murder this person, so let’s murder him.

I don’t get why that doesn’t shock people’s consciences and sense of basic decency.

Show threadchitak166Jan 13, 2024

The government says it’s okay to murder this person, so let’s murder him.

By that logic, states also shouldn’t be allowed to imprison people.

Show threadTimecirclelineJan 13, 2024

Imprisonment is theoretically less permanent than execution.

But people definitely shouldn’t be profiting from imprisonment, and the conditions should be humane.

Show threadchitak166Jan 13, 2024
So what’s the point of the rhetorical argument: “the state says it’s not okay to do this, and then they go and do it.”
Show threadTimecircleline
Oh, please don’t misunderstand. I think the death penalty is barbaric. That wasn’t my argument at all.
Jan 13, 2024 at 9:51pmWeb