I totally agree. If there was a way we could be absolutely certain of guilt, I would support it in some limited cases. But that's absolutely impossible. There's always planting evidence, etc. So it is indefensible.
What they're really saying is they think any injustice there (which they refuse to think about) is worth it. They probably rationalize it by saying to themselves that innocent people being executed is a super rare thing. But it's not. I'd guess it's as high as 30%. But that's admittedly a total guess.
In the end though, to support the death penalty, you have to intentionally refuse to think "what if the courts were wrong?"
This is why there shouldn't be capital punishment.
The tradeoff people make who support the death penalty which is unspoken is: "it's worth killing a few innocent people as long as we kill the guilty too." And it's so fucked up. My parents hear me explain this and literally have no reaction. They cannot even engage with the idea that innocent people being murdered by the state is a horror that cannot be accepted. It's just the cost of "justice" for them, apparently.
He also wasn't known for eating unhealthily and getting next to no sleep. He also didn't have a 4 year gap between terms where he seethed 24/7. He also wasn't President (a very stressful job) at such an advanced age.
Yeah I get it, trump could live 20 more years, but if we look at what's likely for someone in such conditions, he probably shouldn't make it 10. But who knows. We can hope, and that hope isn't baseless.
The position of being a racist. That's what's being discussed. Racism is not a crime so it's an absolutely bizarre position to say that for some arbitrary reason, only law should be able to punish him for being a racist.
My employer can dock my pay or fire me for being a racist. Being a racist is not a protected characteristic. One has to wonder what the hell your point here would be.
Technology was a mistake