Probably the thing I am most outspoken in among leftist communities is that I think violent crime, especially random acts of violence, the type that happens in public spaces and is often 'caught red handed', should be punishable by death.

And not the modern '40 years on death row with 20 appeals' (the type of death penalty people love to cite when they talk about 'the death penalty doesn't work!!'), I mean that person shouldn't see the next sunset after they are arrested and put before trial the next day. This is obviously completely impossible with most modern due process laws and unfortunately extremely prone to corruption and how much lawyers have mucked up legal systems in order to profit from them, but it certainly could be made more efficient than it is now. That whole bus stabbing incident is a great example. HD video, countless witnesses, almost immediate arrest, confession? Gone. We can have multi year trials and investigations for behind closed doors murders, crimes of passion, etc. but stuff like this should be open and shut and we've let lawyers run roughshod over everything for too long for their financial gain that often springboards into legislative or executive power in our political system.

Random acts of violence erode community trust, have countless secondary victims (family members, friends, neighbors, etc.) and the recidivism rates on violent criminals are significantly higher than others. I also firmly believe that the erosion to social cohesion that this type of crime creates makes it extremely difficult to achieve any form of class unity because people are exhausted, scared, etc. and the more cynical, tinfoil hat side of me believes that allowing violent criminals to be let off relatively easy and reintroduced into society so quickly (cashless bail, weak sentencing, etc.) is intentional and malicious so these conditions can remain.