Open carry in GA - what could possibly go wrong? Griffin officer shot and killed at Waffle House.

[JJChambers]

61. You keep saying revenge

It's about a permanent solution to a serious problem. The death penalty needs reform. But I think it could prove to be a serious deterrent if properly implemented. In it's current state, criminals know that even if they are sentenced to death, they'll likely never be executed and will have many years before they have to face the ultimate consequence.

If we can eliminate the chance of executing an innocent by raising the burden of proof, and once we've done that, if we can hasten the timeline so 20 years on death row becomes 3 months, I think the prospect of execution would be more of a deterrent.

To answer your question, if things continue the way they are going, fewer countries will use the death penalty. But in 50 years I think there will be so many global crises between climate and economics and overpopulation that the world will be unrecognizable. We may very will live in a world where executions are more common than they are today.