South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade.
  • GiddyGapOP
    352·
    6 hours ago

    Sometimes it just feels like Americans are freaking savages. Abolish capital punishment.

    • orcrist
      1·
      9 minutes ago

      I understand the feeling, but try not to pigeonhole. There are 300 million Americans, and I haven’t done a survey, but a substantial percent of the population thinks that the death penalty sucks. That’s one reason many states don’t use it at all.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    6 hours ago

    Regardless of his guilt, the death penalty should only be levied when there is no other viable option. This is a travesty.

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      6 hours ago

      What other options would have made him less black? Let’s be honest, this was because he’s black.