Death penalty for or against

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Thinthickbigred
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Dec 30, 2011 10:28pm
Save the jokes for the ones who want me dead or lets be honest . just see what we come up with
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Thinthickbigred
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Dec 30, 2011 10:30pm
Against it . too many people have been murdered on death row that were later found to be innocent .
Now we have people every year being freed because of old DNA some 30 and 40 years old .
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BR1986FB
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Dec 30, 2011 10:35pm
For but it's not a deterrent unless they expedite the process. If a Death Row inmate gets to sit and appeal for 10 years, what's the sense?
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ts1227
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Dec 30, 2011 10:35pm
pls be honest
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BORIStheCrusher
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Dec 30, 2011 10:36pm
If there is indisputable evidence they are guilty, I'm for it. Unfortunately some people don't deserve to live.
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skank
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Dec 30, 2011 10:39pm
For Priests who molest little kids....YES.
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GoPens
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Dec 30, 2011 10:40pm
For but only with indisputable proof like several eye-witnesses and DNA.
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Curly J
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Dec 30, 2011 11:33pm
Against it, wait For it, wait I lied...
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Sykotyk
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Dec 30, 2011 11:36pm
Against it. It's the ultimate penalty. If you put someone in prison for life and figure out 5 years later they were really innocent, you can let them out. If you put someone to death and 5 years later figure out they're innocent, they're still fucking dead.
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hasbeen
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Dec 30, 2011 11:38pm
How did I know this was a thin thick thread?
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isadore
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Dec 30, 2011 11:40pm
Thinthickbigred;1031902 wrote:Against it . too many people have been murdered on death row that were later found to be innocent .
Now we have people every year being freed because of old DNA some 30 and 40 years old .
who would be examples of people legally executed under the present era, post furman v georgia 1972 that were innocent?
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THE4RINGZ
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Dec 30, 2011 11:55pm
For it
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OSH
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Dec 31, 2011 12:03am
I really haven't decided yet.

I used to be for it. I am now not 100% for or against it. I know there are times that I believe people should be executed.

It's cheaper to incarcerate for life -- although it could really be cheaper to execute if things were done differently.
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Thinthickbigred
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Dec 31, 2011 6:34am
OSH;1032035 wrote:I really haven't decided yet.

I used to be for it. I am now not 100% for or against it. I know there are times that I believe people should be executed.

It's cheaper to incarcerate for life -- although it could really be cheaper to execute if things were done differently.
Yep some people do such things that everybody wants them stoned to death but putting an innocent man to death is horrible . Supermax or total isolation is probably worse than death for the worst criminals
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vball10set
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Dec 31, 2011 7:27am
For it, especially for child killers & serial rapists.
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Sonofanump
Dec 31, 2011 8:35am
I am against it. Instead let the convicted know that he will be visited daily unsupervised by representatives of the victim. He will be put in a straight jacket, the representative of the victim will have access to a baseball bat and dull knives. Put a rope in his cell just long enough to reach the top of the cell and let him make his own decision.</SPAN>
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pmoney25
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Dec 31, 2011 8:41am
I almost think solitary confinement is a worse penalty. To me, being driven to insanity would be worsthan death.

As for the question, I dont think it is a detterant but some people deserve it.
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mella
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Dec 31, 2011 9:28am
vball10set;1032168 wrote:For it, especially for child killers & serial rapists.
+1

This.
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ManO'War
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Dec 31, 2011 10:40am
I don't think we use it enough.
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fan_from_texas
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Dec 31, 2011 10:57am
Tentatively for it. I don't have strong moral objections to it, though I don't think it's a very effective deterrent.
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Skyhook79
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Dec 31, 2011 12:08pm
Sonofanump;1032181 wrote:I am against it. Instead let the convicted know that he will be visited daily unsupervised by representatives of the victim. He will be put in a straight jacket, the representative of the victim will have access to a baseball bat and dull knives. Put a rope in his cell just long enough to reach the top of the cell and let him make his own decision.
Makes sense.:rolleyes:

I say let the States decide, this should not be a Federal issue. Depending on how the law is written I would be for it in certain instances.
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iclfan2
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Dec 31, 2011 12:18pm
I'm for it. As others have said, if there is DNA matches to a child rapist, multiple eye witnesses/video proof, or other types of slam dunk evidence, I think there should be no more than one appeal process, and then death. I don't care about the "deterrent" aspect, but isn't it the absolute deterrent to the person committing the crime? They will never commit a crime again. My buddy works at a prison as a CO, and he said the people there are absolute garbage. They smile at him all day long, they don't care that they are there.
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gerb131
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Dec 31, 2011 12:20pm
For it and put in an express line.
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vball10set
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Dec 31, 2011 12:32pm
iclfan2;1032336 wrote:They will never commit a crime again. My buddy works at a prison as a CO, and he said the people there are absolute garbage. They smile at him all day long, they don't care that they are there.
Why should they? Three meals a day, a roof over there head, a bunk to sleep in, and all the ass you can get---it's a frickin' resort for most of these pieces of shit :mad:
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GoChiefs
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Dec 31, 2011 12:38pm
Definitely for it. If you're guilty without a shadow of a doubt, you need to go immediately.