Honestly there are so fucking many reasons against it. I can respect it as a penalty in international law, but for criminal law it’s nuts. It’s obviously cruel and unusual punishment (as is solitary). It gets overturned post mortem regularly. Increasingly they’re just killing people despite reasonable doubt being found. It’s a stain on our collective souls. It’s wildly expensive. And it’s ineffective as a deterrent.
Honestly there are so fucking many reasons against it. I can respect it as a penalty in international law, but for criminal law it’s nuts. It’s obviously cruel and unusual punishment (as is solitary). It gets overturned post mortem regularly. Increasingly they’re just killing people despite reasonable doubt being found. It’s a stain on our collective souls. It’s wildly expensive. And it’s ineffective as a deterrent.