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anatoli_smolin t1_jd28rk2 wrote

Reply to comment by montani in DA to seek death penalty against man accused of fatally shooting McKeesport officer by OaSoaD

To me I see an immediate problem of COs purposely making inmates’ lives miserable for the sake of coercion to take the death penalty. There is already rampant abuse within the prison system, imagine if someone who was already an abuser suddenly had the option to torment someone as much as they wanted to because the person could eventually just choose suicide if they don’t want to put up with abuse anymore. At least that’s the way I see it.

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burritoace t1_jd2a445 wrote

If CO staffs are full of people like this who are itching to kill someone (entirely possible, I don't know) then we've got big problems and maintaining the death penalty as is would surely be a mistake.

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anatoli_smolin t1_jd2c4tx wrote

Yes you are confirming exactly what I said. It is a systemic issue.

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