The Death Penalty

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I'd be extra leery about executing mass shooters and serial killers due the extra focus and attention that brings the individuals.  People being killed by "the government" can heighten people's emotions and polarize their perceptions of the individuals in question.  I can only speak for myself, but the only person, civilian or officer, that I can name who died on 1/6 is Ashli Babbit, for example (though half credit for knowing a woman who was trampled was wearing a don't tread on me shirt).

I'm sure studies have been done about this, but Charles Manson sitting in prison and being a frail old man likely did more to dispel his mythos than if as soon as they grabbed him they threw him in an electric chair.  But again, I'm not talking right or wrong, I'm just thinking about things that cause extra emotion when it comes to our jittery and angry society.


Oh also, executing mass shooters has the extra bit of oddness because our country is very focused on pointing out how mental illness is the cause of mass shootings and even if we know we're lying to ourselves about it, it's a bad look to execute people we deem mentally ill.