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minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down2·11 days agoSometimes it just feels like Americans are freaking savages. Abolish capital punishment.
minus-squareorcrist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoI understand the feeling, but try not to pigeonhole. There are 300 million Americans, and I haven’t done a survey, but a substantial percent of the population thinks that the death penalty sucks. That’s one reason many states don’t use it at all.
Sometimes it just feels like Americans are freaking savages. Abolish capital punishment.
I understand the feeling, but try not to pigeonhole. There are 300 million Americans, and I haven’t done a survey, but a substantial percent of the population thinks that the death penalty sucks. That’s one reason many states don’t use it at all.