Lee Duna to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoOklahoma prepares to execute man for 2001 double slaying despite self-defense claimwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down12
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·10 months agoTo me, it doesn’t matter to me how clear it is. The state should not have powers that include life and death over its citizenry, no matter how heinous the crime. That’s a step toward fascism and the U.S. is taking way too many of those steps.
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoYes, that’s why I said I still wouldn’t trust any government to do it correctly.
To me, it doesn’t matter to me how clear it is. The state should not have powers that include life and death over its citizenry, no matter how heinous the crime. That’s a step toward fascism and the U.S. is taking way too many of those steps.
Yes, that’s why I said I still wouldn’t trust any government to do it correctly.