The Death Penalty: Justice, Revenge, or Something in Between?

What does justice look like when someone takes another person's life? On this episode of The Fishbowl with Jade, we dive deep into one of the most complicated and emotionally charged issues in the justice system.From the history of capital punishment and America's earliest recorded executions to wrongful convictions, victims' families, deterrence, life without parole, states that have abolished the death penalty, and the question of whether those states experience more crime, Jade examines the many sides of this conversation.But the deepest question may not be whether you're for or against the death penalty. It's what you believe justice is supposed to accomplish.Should the government have the power to take a life as punishment? Can execution ever be separated from revenge? What happens when an execution is delayed or stopped? And how much risk of an irreversible mistake is society willing to accept?This isn't a conversation designed to tell you what to think.It's designed to make you think.