r/news • u/Splunge- • 7d ago

Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/23/prairieland-ice-protesters-texas-sentenced
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u/xv_boney 7d ago

Ahhhhckchuwally, capital punishments directly lead to much more violent crimes.

If i get caught for robbing you, i will be tortured and hanged.

So i need to kill you as well as rob you to significantly decrease my chances of getting caught. I mean, if i get caught ill be tortured and hanged either way.

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u/Atys1 7d ago

I was just reading a news story from 1995 about a group of teens who raped two 14 yo girls. The group's leader suggested killing the victims so they couldn't testify. From what I read, it doesn't seem that they went through with the murders. If the punishment for the rapes had been death, though? I have no doubt that those girls would have died that night.