Comments by "wily wascal" (@wilywascal2024) on "The Death Penalty Has These Families of Murder Victims Divided" video.

  1. No mention of the racist nature of how the death penalty is unjustly disproportionately applied to non-Whites, a critical omission. Apparently, the first case introduced here has not yet gone to trial, with the defendant pleading innocent. So, why is this used as an example, when innocence is presumed in our justice system? The prosecutor brought up an interesting point, that the death penalty is used as a lever to obtain a guilty plea, which does bring up ethical problems distinct from other plea bargain cases. How many innocent people plead guilty to avoid the risk of being put to death? Perhaps not many, but even if just a few, isn't that still too many that didn't get their day in court?
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