Do Abolish prisons, it's inhumane, but to fight crime, you still need to have the death penalty or some type of physical punishment for Extreme crimes

[basquebromance]

On the Left, opponents of the country’s carceral regime have been divided between “reformist” and “abolitionist” camps. Reformists argue that our current practices of imprisonment are horribly unjust and ought to be radically changed, while admitting that prisons in some form may be socially necessary and morally legitimate. Abolitionists, on the other hand, think of the prison as a fundamentally rotten institution: our goal shouldn’t be to make prisons fairer or more humane but to eliminate them entirely.

Author: Tommie Shelby in Conversation with James Forman Jr.

African American Studies scholar and philosopher Tommie Shelby discusses his new book, "The Idea of Prison Abolition," with James Forman Jr., professor of law at Yale Law School. Virtual only.

princetonlibrary.libnet.info

 

[1srelluc]

Sure, and I'd love to drop the first van load freshly discharged axe-murderers at your house.....Deserves has everything to do with it.

 

[The Irish Ram]

It's inhumane to kidnap and kill a child. Let's worry a little bit more about our safety, and a little less about those who take joy in killing us. Why do they qualify for humane and we don't?

 

[Billo_Really]

On the Left, opponents of the country’s carceral regime have been divided between “reformist” and “abolitionist” camps. Reformists argue that our current practices of imprisonment are horribly unjust and ought to be radically changed, while admitting that prisons in some form may be socially necessary and morally legitimate. Abolitionists, on the other hand, think of the prison as a fundamentally rotten institution: our goal shouldn’t be to make prisons fairer or more humane but to eliminate them entirely.

Author: Tommie Shelby in Conversation with James Forman Jr.

African American Studies scholar and philosopher Tommie Shelby discusses his new book, "The Idea of Prison Abolition," with James Forman Jr., professor of law at Yale Law School. Virtual only.

princetonlibrary.libnet.info

We may need prisons, but we don't need the death penalty.

 

[Frankenstein]

We may need prisons, but we don't need the death penalty.

B.S anyone who murders a child deserves death, anyone who sells drugs to kids where they die deserves death, as do rapists, and Pedophiles.

 

[Billo_Really]

B.S anyone who murders a child deserves death, anyone who sells drugs to kids where they die deserves death, as do rapists, and Pedophiles.

That's like saying murder is a rational act and the death penalty can be used as a deterrent. Which it cannot.