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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
This seems like an absurd statement to a reasonable position. It doesn't make any sense to you why someone doesn't think we should kill people?
The Canadian justice system has struggled with this since Ng was found in Calgary but under United States vs Burns, the Canadian courts found that a suspect charged with crimes that could lead to the death penalty should not be extradited. Many other countries have similar approaches where they won't extradite if the death penalty is on the table. Life in prison though? That's fine, extradite away.
Also just cost and resources alone could be reason enough not to have the death penalty even if you're okay with life imprisonment.
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How is it absurd? You completely ignored the philosophical slant of the question.
It doesn’t make any sense to me why the specific conditions of what Acey thinks “life in prison” should be (no chance at parole, no rehabilitation efforts, etc) and ensuring someone dies in prison the same way they went in is morally any more comfortable than the death penalty.
Try to be less of a pedant and think a bit more broadly about the question. Or don’t, I don’t entirely care. It’s off topic anyway.