I don't personally buy into the "more civilized" trope.
There are, and have always been, and will always be good reasons to execute people.
In a just and functional society, it should be relatively rare.
But societies are neither just, nor terribly functional. Given free rein, governmental powers will be used to execute people for being black, for being a "witch," for being pregnant out-of-wedlock, or for being left-handed. Consequently, much of our legal effort goes into avoiding conviction and especially, execution.
That does not mean it should never be exacted.
Trump is clearly a pathological narcissist, and from everything I've read, or heard from friends in the mental health professions, this is an uncorrectable condition. He is also a criminal narcissist: he has situated himself in positions where committing crimes is more desirable for him than not. There is zero reason to believe that he could be rehabilitated. If allowed to go free, he will do more harm.
His crime would be, in any other society, or any other time in this society, capital.
The only sane, just, and prudent choices are life in prison without parole or pardon, or execution.
I don't personally buy into the "more civilized" trope.
There are, and have always been, and will always be good reasons to execute people.
In a just and functional society, it should be relatively rare.
But societies are neither just, nor terribly functional. Given free rein, governmental powers will be used to execute people for being black, for being a "witch," for being pregnant out-of-wedlock, or for being left-handed. Consequently, much of our legal effort goes into avoiding conviction and especially, execution.
That does not mean it should never be exacted.
Trump is clearly a pathological narcissist, and from everything I've read, or heard from friends in the mental health professions, this is an uncorrectable condition. He is also a criminal narcissist: he has situated himself in positions where committing crimes is more desirable for him than not. There is zero reason to believe that he could be rehabilitated. If allowed to go free, he will do more harm.
His crime would be, in any other society, or any other time in this society, capital.
The only sane, just, and prudent choices are life in prison without parole or pardon, or execution.