No One Should Be Sentenced to Die in Prison
www.vera.org
At 68 years old, Greg Mingo was granted clemency and released from a New York State prison after being unjustly convicted of a crime he did not commit. After spending more than 39 years in prison, he expected to die there. In freedom, he advocates for the release of other incarcerated older people…
  • @RememberTheApolloEnglish
    8•9 months ago

    Nobody? Not mass shooters? Terrorists like Mcveigh? Serial killers?

    • capitalEnglish
      0•9 months ago

      Removed by mod

  • Apathy TreeEnglish
    6•9 months ago

    I actually agree with this. If they are no longer an actual threat to society, why do we keep them locked up?

    Sure, there are arguments for specific individuals, and maybe there should be a way to appeal to keep them locked up, for example if they have been violent recently, or were criminals that don’t rely on physical ability at all (criminal masterminds or something).

    But on the whole, elderly people aren’t a threat to society and cost taxpayers significantly more to upkeep due to their medical needs.

    If they have family or an organization willing and able up upkeep them at least as well as the prison is doing, release them. Seriously, what do we gain?

    Then again they might run for government, like trump or Biden (both laughably geriatric)…

  • @RegalPotooEnglish
    4•9 months ago

    Disagree with “no-one”. Execution is immoral, so for the most serious crimes the only real recourse society has is to ensure that they never get to enjoy freedom, or to exist in the society they have wronged. Let them die in a cage, without ceremony, still paying a debt they can never discharge

  • @SPRUNTEnglish
    2•9 months ago

    Trump’s “presidential immunity” claims don’t hold any water so now he’s trying to claim “elderly immunity”.