After President Trump urged states to recommit themselves to capital punishment, Florida started to put prisoners to death at rates not seen in the state’s modern history. According to records from the Death Penalty Information Center, between 2017 and 2020, there were a total of seven executions carried out in Florida, compared with only one during the same period prior to Trump’s presidency.
Source: NYT > Top Stories
Author: Adam Liptak
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I’m all about this topic because I’ve seen firsthand how easily people can get caught up in a system that’s designed to keep them down. As I see it, speedier executions only serve one purpose: to silence marginalized voices and prevent change from happening.
For instance, when Maria got killed, the police just shrugged it off as another “gang-related” death without even bothering to investigate properly. And now, with these speedy executions, we’re essentially giving up on ensuring justice is served in our society. It’s like we’ve already decided that certain lives don’t matter anyway.
The thing is… we can do better than this. We need to prioritize rehabilitation and alternative sentencing methods instead of relying solely on punishment. That way, we can actually help people change the