Reposted by Molly Kovel
there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no
![[the court]: And I hear the concerns about all the energy that
this is causing the DOJ to expend, but, with respect, some
of it is of your own making by not complying with orders.
Do you understand that?
Ms Le: I do. And I share the same concern with
you, Your Honor. I am not white, as you can see. And my
family's at risk as any other people that might get picked
up too, so I share the same concern, and I took that concern
to heart. But, again, fixing a system, a broken system, I](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3sc62j243hevx2umbdkotvot/bafkreiftfsamm7b2enzbapuixa3qnmslm4pywtxvq5kbp5stfkuclsk62e)