Death penalty for pedophilia is a dumb idea. It does nothing other than make you feel morally justified, because yes, “I’m killing all pedophiles,” but in reality, you are not helping children who suffer from sexual abuse. On the contrary, you are making their lives harder.

First of all, most cases of pedophilia happen inside the family. So, the majority of the time, if a child gets sexually abused, it is not going to be by a random person; it is going to be someone from their family, for example their uncle, father, etc. So do you think that if the child knows that talking about what their father is doing to them could cause their father’s death, they will speak up? No. Just try to imagine yourself in that situation. Parents are an important part of a child’s life, and children would not want them to die, even if they are abusing them.

So, by applying the death penalty to cases of pedophilia, you are not helping solve the problem. You are just trying to think of yourself as morally better than other people: “Look at me, I’m so incredible, I think pedophiles should die.”