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Originally posted by cloudinthesky
@ all the people in here basically saying "He brutally murdered your loved ones? Oh well, get over it. He deserves the privilege of being rehabilitated into a good, productive member of society again. Sorry for your loss but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
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Two-thirds of countries around the world (the ones ranked highest by the UN) have abolished the death penalty and it's only rising. It'll eventually be something we look back at and wonder why we did, and we'll talk about how primitive it was. It's a bigger issue than this case - it denies a person the right to life (as he did those women) and violates the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is irrevocable, and has been proven not to deter crime. It's also typically used in countries with unfair justice systems, is discriminatory, and is used as a political tool.
Again, all of that is bigger than this specific case but you can't pick and choose. He is vermin, but it needs to be banned across the board.