Even for the most heinous crimes, the death penalty has one massive glaring practical problem.
What if the sentenced person is actually innocent? No amount of apologies or recompensation will bring that person back.
What if the sentenced person is actually innocent? No amount of apologies or recompensation will bring that person back.
But at least the question "how is that acceptable?" is in fact a question of a moral nature. It's unacceptable, but it is unacceptable because it is immoral.
While I don't like the death penalty I don't think it's that different from a very long sentence. I don't think it makes sense to say that any punishment needs an absolutely perfect error rate.