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This isn't about whether or not people agree with the death sentence...it's about the fact that there are now vans that can drive to the criminal and give death as it's needed. In a society that uses the death penalty heavily, it works. It's cheaper and faster. This doesn't affect the criminals or the justice system in China. As mentioned in the article, the people who are killed by lethal injection would have been shot in the head if not given the injection. The vans catalyze the system and save money. What's wrong with that?
Now, before I get flamed (I know it's coming), I'll say that I don't agree with the death penalty *usually.* I'm simply saying that this argument isn't about the death penalty...it's about a society saving money by bringing a mobile death machine to the criminals instead of having to waste time and money shipping them to their doom. There's no difference except saved time and money. When you're gonna get killed anyway (no matter if it's justly, unjustly, moral, or immoral), the government might as well save money. That's all they're trying to do. People in this thread seem to think China is now driving around death engines killing people for stepping onto the road or stealing a fork from a restaurant. No...the article plainly says this will only be used for those that were going to be shot anyway.
-Lasereth
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