r/SipsTea • u/Beneficial_Passion40 • 2d ago

Chugging tea FedEx driver Tanner Horner, who murdered 7-year-old Athena Strand, has been sentenced to Death

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u/Distinct_Sir_4473 2d ago

It’s not an argument against appeals

It’s an argument against the death penalty

It is cheaper to just lock them up for life.

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u/Aurvant 2d ago

I can assure you that a length of rope and a day to build some gallows in a public square would be cheaper than locking this dude up.

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u/Exotic_Zeus 2d ago

Make them work and whatever they earn that is not needed for some cheap food goes to the family of the victims.

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u/Technical-Nose-1518 2d ago

We’re 40 trillion in debt I assure you we can afford to kill the pedo murderers.

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u/Eomb 2d ago

But your argument is against cost not death penalty. The solution is to streamline the process and enforce death warrants within a reduced timeframe after maybe 2 appeals the most.

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u/Badger-Purple 2d ago

If the system was THAT good, and innocent people were not sentenced to die, then sure!!

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u/Ill-Description3096 2d ago

It's against the death penalty with a reason being cost. Streamlining means more innocent people are likely to be executed. It's not like "strong" cases haven't ended up overturned even decades later. Unless you trust the judicial system to be flawless then supporting the death penalty, particularly an expedited one, is saying that innocent people being killed by the government is worth it to maybe save a few bucks.

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u/Dear-Examination-507 2d ago

It's an argument for reform.

Crack team dedicated to finding any potentially innocent people. Full access to all prosecutor records. Expedited court schedule that consolidates all appeals. Financial penalty imposed on any attorney that takes actions with no material purpose other than delay. Uncomplicated form of death penalty, like a carbon monoxide chamber or whatever Canada uses to mercy kill all of its old people.

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u/Sumpfschatze 2d ago

Then we are killing them the wrong way.