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[–] KeavesSharpi@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He was one of the last people to be hanged in the United States. August 14, 1936.

It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.

Regardless of the man’s crime, I’m not sure public executions are the way to go.

[–] KeavesSharpi@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I personally don't think executions in general are the way to go. Too many people get exonerated years or decades after their convictions.

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I couldn’t agree more actually! I just wanted to choose one thing at a time.

I took a university class about wrongful convictions in the early 2000s and a man came and talked to the class who had spent decades in one of the worst prisons in the country, wrongfully. It really opened my eyes at a younger age to how susceptible people are to bias and faulty memory.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

The justice system is neither.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

It’s also a shitty thing to do to the guilty too.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Truly, I only meant: that is helpful, as a breadcrumb 🤓