Trump Rages at Biden for Wrecking His Plans for Executions: ‘Makes No Sense’
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Human rights experts praised Biden’s decision to commute death-row sentences—which baffled death penalty hawk Trump.

Summary

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life without parole, sparing all but three convicted of high-profile mass killings.

Biden framed the decision as a moral stance against federal executions, citing his legal background and belief in the dignity of human life.

Donald Trump criticized the move as senseless, vowing to reinstate the death penalty.

Reactions were mixed: some victims’ families condemned Biden, while others supported his decision. Human rights groups praised it as a significant step against capital punishment.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Exactly this. People with primitive fairy tales telling them what is “justice” should not be setting the rules for anything.

    • Tgo_up@lemm.eeEnglish
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      10 days ago

      I agree 100%, but I was never discussing what should be legal or illegal… Obviously any murder should be illegal. I don’t think anyone would disagree with that.

      That doesn’t change my opinion that sometimes murder is needed to affect change and sometimes it’s even the morally right thing to do…

      You honestly thought I was advocating for making murder legal?

        • Tgo_up@lemm.eeEnglish
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          9 days ago

          I challenge you to find a single person arguing in favor of making murder legal. I’ve never seen or heard anyone do that.

          I think it can be needed sometimes throughout history when the inequality between rich and poor becomes too great, that doesn’t mean I think it should be legal…

            • Tgo_up@lemm.eeEnglish
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              8 days ago

              Back when slaves were legal it was illegal to kill a slave owner. I understand that and I think that’s how it needed to be. You can’t have laws that killing someone is legal.

              On the other hand I don’t morally condemn the slaves that rose up and actually did kill their “owners”.

              I absolutely can say something should be illegal but in certain cases I’m cool with it happening.

                • Tgo_up@lemm.eeEnglish
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                  7 days ago

                  No I did not gloss over that. I’m not sure how you could miss my point that much.

                  I think my example is entirely relevant. The reason I sometimes condone murder is when I don’t find it morally wrong, so obviously that’s also what the discussion is about.

                  You’re whole argument about not being able to condone a criminal act without having to change the laws makes very little sense to me.