IMO it's because of recent successful cases where mentally ill people had their death sentences reduced. Anti DP organizations have been highlighting this.
BBM - This for sure, which imo is another example of how the squeaky wheel has and is changing everyone's lives, in this setting, all in the name of preventing innocent deaths, and instead of legally supporting and fighting through legislation to put better safeguards in place to prevent such errors, taking the easy way out by denouncing all state imposed DP as immoral. If as a society, you don't want to live with the constant fear of being murdered/mutilated/raped/etc in your own bed or while taking a stroll through the park/down to the corner store, then preventing real deterrents to such, imo, is truly immoral.
Moo, removing the ultimate punishment for committing heinous/horrific crimes, renders the whole concept of "paying for your crimes" ineffective and certainly doesn't provide any real deterrent to those so inclined from acting out. Just look at how "mainstream" previously underground societies are now, they've seen how previous offenders just walk away and instead of being punished, end up profiting and are no longer afraid of "getting caught". Sure the odd individual still gets caught and doesn't "escape" from the justice system, but those seem to be ever fewer and fewer as society is now finding itself funding neverending appeals that don't even merit the cost of the paper to write them and yet these individuals seem to be allowed to walk away more than not(ergo JA's belief that she too will do this).
Meanwhile the victims of these individuals are expected to pay their own court costs to try and recover their losses, let alone deal with the emotional aftermath caused by them. As the anti-DP faction gains more and more ground, the prisons will eventually fill and spill over with the token dangerous offenders(those that for some reason or another hasn't been able to buy their way out) that noone wants in their neighbourhood let alone breathing the same air, but will be too afraid to admit that just perhaps some individuals should be "put down" just like an animal that has gone rabid. At what point will society be reduced to nothing more than working to support the infrastructure to contain offenders deemed too dangerous to live among us, but not so dangerous that they deserve not to live because of the crimes they've committed, instead of to enrich society as a whole with programs to support those who need it so we all can live with pride in our own corners of the world where noone feels the need or desire to kill, maim, torture or otherwise harm others to live a fulfilling, satisfying life?
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