This is exactly it. Death penalties are dangerous because words are ultimately meaningless, and as we’ve seen in the misinformation age, people of a particular political party (in the US) can call people pedophiles in name when there is no actual evidence that’s the case. Truth has gone by the way side.

What we really need is due process for figuring this shit out, as well as a properly funded remediation program so people can learn why what they did was wrong.