soot
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Just out of curiosity...are you a big fan of execution for Edward Snowden?
I honestly don't know enough about his case to say.
I don't know exactly what all he released, the damage it could potentially do, or how it might aid enemies of the United States.
I won't discount the plausibility that I would support execution for the guy, but neither would I say out of hand that he deserves execution just because he released "something".
That said, what Snowden did is a crime. He is a criminal. I don't consider him a "hero". He deserves to be punished.
I won't say that he deserves to die for what he did, and I won't even propose a particular length for a jail sentence, but the guy definitely deserves to go to jail.
Edited to add:
I just read the criminal complaint filed by the DOJ against Snowden and none of the charges against him carry the death penalty (in so far as I could tell, though I may have missed it).
I don't see why you would suggest he might be sentenced to death?
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