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Do you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?
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I'm strongly against death penalty when it comes to crimes of individual against individual.
I am for death penalty when it comes to crimes of influential individual against masses though.
A murderer or rapist who ruined one life doesn't deserve death penalty. A corrupt politician who ruined countless lives cooperating with the billionaires does.
I don't fully understand the rational. Is there a specific number of victims that would make them "deserve" it. Say you have a serial rapist with over a dozen victims, do they not deserve it because they aren't an authority figure?