[Rapperson]

There's one crime only (apart from high treason perhaps) I would like to see the death penalty for:

Throwing acid at people.

Another thought: If there is death penalty on the books for a crime, how about requiring a higher standard of proof (otherwise life in prison)?

[Suntzu]

There's one crime only (apart from high treason perhaps) I would like to see the death penalty for:

Throwing acid at people.

Another thought: If there is death penalty on the books for a crime, how about requiring a higher standard of proof (otherwise life in prison)?

How much higher than beyond a reasonable doubt can you get?

[AFAIK]

Absolute certainty, with a confession and an orgy of evidence and a dozen independent witnesses.

[Suntzu]

So no capital punishment for the vast majority of murder because there are no witnesses.

[Finfinder]

Absolute certainty, with a confession and an orgy of evidence and a dozen independent witnesses.

suicide by jury LOL

[Rapperson]

How much higher than beyond a reasonable doubt can you get?

It's not difficult to define "reasonable doubt +1".

Additional corroborating witness.

Additional corroborating physical evidence.

Or you could require generally that a conviction be redundantly beyond a reasonable doubt, such that if any single witness or any single piece of evidence later found unreliable would not prevent a safe conviction.

[Rapperson]

I'm not necessarily "for" capital punishment, but how is it possible not to feel good about this outcome?

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/i ... 05993.html