• TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    They want the death penalty because a death-qualified jury means it’s going to have a bunch of reactionaries.

    A death qualified jury cannot have jurors on it that disagree with the death penalty morally.

    In practice, instead of being judged by your peers it’s a bunch of people selected so that they like harsh punishments.

    That’s what I learned when I posted my video to r/TrueAnon.

    • tocopherol [any]@hexbear.net
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      4 days ago

      I hadn’t thought of that really, that is fucked. Most reasonable people I know are opposed to the death penalty, so that does seem pretty effective for biasing the jury. But maybe they will get some that are like “of course I love the death penalty, that’s what Luigi doled out and it was well deserved. Not guilty.”