Abolition of the death penalty:
(1) The death penalty does not have a special threatening effect of punishment.
(2) The death penalty itself is not perfect.
First: the degree of the death penalty is inseparable, which does not conform to the principle of adaptation to crime and punishment;
Second, it is not in line with ethics, that is, the state prohibits citizens from killing people, but they are doing the act of killing people;
Third, the terror of death caused by the death penalty results in double retribution for the death penalty. After the death sentence is sentenced to before the execution of the death penalty, the prisoner must live under the terror of death, which is extremely inhumane;
Fourth, the death penalty does not meet the basic requirements of modern criminal policies, and the death penalty is essentially punishing without teaching. [1]
(3) Retaining and applying the death penalty ignores the possibility of human error, resulting in irreversible consequences, and the death cannot be resurrected.
(4) The cruelty of the death penalty does not meet the requirements of the humanitarianism of punishment.
(5) According to the social contract theory, the state or society has no right to deprive its people of life.
(6) The death penalty does not conform to the principle of economy. As a result of the execution of the death penalty, the victim cannot obtain compensation for damages, and the state cannot obtain unpaid labor. Moreover, after the perpetrator is executed, the state sometimes needs to undertake social relief work for the family members of the prisoner.
The three tapes are the three climaxes of the film. The first volume of videotape, in the hearts of reporters, is David's Zhaoxue; the discovery of the second volume was deliberately done by "cowboy", and the iceberg of truth is temporarily exposed. At the same time, it is also a powerful blow to the death penalty system; The three volumes are the keys to the freedom that David gave to reporters and audiences. There is no third volume, this is just an unjust case that exposes the death penalty; the surface of the third volume, the unjust case on the surface, is actually an attack on the death penalty system, and for those who regard the abolition of the death penalty as their life work , which is their dedication to the cause.
While reporter Bessie was running with the third tape in hand, there was a scene where she passed through a cemetery, with white crosses and tombstones inserted as far as she could see. At the time of David's execution, its implications could not have been more obvious.
All those who were executed, as David stated, no one knew what death was like because no one ever came back. All the grievances, all the mistakes have been irreversible, with the passing of that life becomes meaningless. It's just that there is a cold tombstone, and the victim's family has not received the compensation it deserves;
As in the view of the abolition of the death penalty, the victim cannot obtain compensation for damages, and the state cannot obtain unpaid labor, and the death penalty is just a means taken by a huge state apparatus to maintain its deterrent effect on its citizens.
David once talked about Lacan's philosophy in class: people's fantasies should go beyond reality, and the focus is not on what you fantasize, but on the fantasy itself. You set a goal that is beyond reality, and you have desire, and desire complements wild fantasies; but when you get it, you can no longer fantasize about it. A person who does what he wants will not be happy.
For David, if he lives, he cannot shake the system; if he dies, he will achieve what he has longed to achieve in his life, but he will never see it again.
Looking back at Lacan's theory, there are similarities between the two. If David was alive and devoted his life to his goal of shaking up the death penalty system, what would the result be? He has been fighting for this, and now the goal has been achieved, what is the point of continuing to exist? He knew the huge impact of his own death. He greeted it with hope and pride. What he was facing was a goal that must be achieved. A moment ago, it was like a second before I read my name for the long-awaited commendation...
David and Constantine would be the happiest people if people in the afterlife remained as they were before they died.
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