T34MediumTank comments on What's your thoughts on retributive vs. reformative justice (or any other justice)?

[–] T34MediumTank@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 6 days ago (1 child)

I don’t care whether the judge is Chinese or American, any imposition of death by state apparati is a travesty and incompatible with socialism.

I would draw a distinction here. If the state's existence or authority is threatened, then the death penalty is valid, especially if it is a nascent socialist state. The preceding revolution and its survival would be more important than any one individual's right to life.

Once a revolution has attained stability and maturity, then the death penalty couldn't be justified. And of course, no death penalty issued by a capitalist state is ever justified.

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[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 6 days ago

I agree, however while the period directly following the revolution presents a number of exigent circumstances that require the death penalty, such as the execution of war criminals, state actors, and so forth, that period does not last for a particularly long time.

I was referring more to the modern Chinese state and the continued usage of the death sentence and penalty. With the Chinese state fully consolidated and no longer facing imminent annihilation from internal or external actors, continuing to use the death penalty for criminal prosecution is an unnecessary travesty. There is nothing that the death penalty offers that simply sentencing an individual to life in prison does not offer.

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