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On the death penalty. The next public execution would be the last.
apdst said:
You're exactly right. Public executions have a deterring effect.
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Moot said:
Texas just executed a woman last week. They should televise the executions so the people can see justice at work.
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I'd cough up $50 for pay-per-view to watch such an event. Heck, sign me up on the volunteer list to do the honors.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
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Those dirty no good right-to-lifers putting cold blooded calculated murders to death instead of just killing innocent unborn children like liberals are so happy to do.
 
If the death penalty was such a great deterent Texas would be crime free.
 
Personally, I dont believe in either.
Papa bull said:
Those dirty no good right-to-lifers putting cold blooded calculated murders to death instead of just killing innocent unborn children like liberals are so happy to do.
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apdst said:
You're exactly right. Public executions have a deterring effect.
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People used to bring picnic baskets and the kids to hangings. It was a public spectacle.
 
Moot said:
People used to bring picnic baskets and the kids to hangings. It was a public spectacle.
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I would fully support the death penalty if it wasn't for all those poor souls on Death Row or in prison for life who have been found not guilty by the Innocence Project.

One man being executed for a murder he did not commit is too many.
 
That is another good reason. But I think big reason is the government killing people cheapens the value of life.
Etoner said:
I would fully support the death penalty if it wasn't for all those poor souls on Death Row or in prison for life who have been found not guilty by the Innocence Project.

One man being executed for a murder he did not commit is too many.
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mak2 said:
That is another good reason. But I think big reason is the government killing people cheapens the value of life.
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I believe in the death penalty under certain conditions.

Like a fully uncoerced confession to a court, the perp knowing intimate details of the crime that only the guilty party would know, and physical evidence found in the possession of the perp that relates to the murder.

Without all three, I don't support the death penalty.
 
mak2 said:
That is another good reason. But I think big reason is the government killing people cheapens the value of life.
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The felons are the ones who lowered the values of their own lives through their choices of actions.
 
Felons should not be a societies moral compass. They dont get, or at least shouldnt be able to determine our values.
Mathematician said:
The felons are the ones who lowered the value of their own lives through their choices of actions.
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Papa bull said:
Those dirty no good right-to-lifers putting cold blooded calculated murders to death instead of just killing innocent unborn children like liberals are so happy to do.
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And also claiming to be Christians while not "turning the other cheek". :lamo
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Moot said:
People used to bring picnic baskets and the kids to hangings. It was a public spectacle.
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Crime rates were a helluva lot lower then, too.
 
mak2 said:
Would you take your kids?
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Thats irrelevant since there hasn't been any public executions in the US in my lifetime at least not that I'm aware of. But no, I wouldn't take them because I probably wouldn't go myself.
 
Etoner said:
I would fully support the death penalty if it wasn't for all those poor souls on Death Row or in prison for life who have been found not guilty by the Innocence Project.

One man being executed for a murder he did not commit is too many.
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Make the death penalty hinge on DNA evidence, then. Simple.
 
Etoner said:
I would fully support the death penalty if it wasn't for all those poor souls on Death Row or in prison for life who have been found not guilty by the Innocence Project.

One man being executed for a murder he did not commit is too many.
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One victim of a known felon released early to repeat more crime(s) is then simply seen as colateral damage? Balance is needed yet we seem to have allowed the pendulum to swing far in the opposite direction. I can assure you that the victim count is far higher from convicted felons released long before their sentences were served than for falsely executed/imprisoned felons.
 
Etoner said:
That only works if you convicted the right person.
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I know you'll disagree, but I look at it with mathematical logic. It's better to have one innocent wrongfully convicted than to let a murderer go free and they kill more than one innocent life, because it's a smaller loss. Of course, practically speaking, with the forensic science, technological surveillance and other improvements, the chances of getting wrongfully convicted of a major felony are diminishing. Those released for wrongful conviction were typically convicted prior to things like quality DNA matching.
 
apdst said:
Crime rates were a helluva lot lower then, too.
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They had gun regulations in the old west, too. A lot of towns required you to turn in your guns at the sheriffs office before entering town and you could pick em up on your way out.
 
apdst said:
Make the death penalty hinge on DNA evidence, then. Simple.
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Are you kidding me? A person can execute 20 folks in front of witnesses, but so long as no DNA transfer exists then no DP option? Bullets and bombs rarely leave DNA trace evidence. Do we have any DNA evidence for KSM?
 
Moot said:
They had gun regulations in the old west, too. A lot of towns required you to turn in your guns at the sheriffs office before entering town and you could pick em up on your way out.
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No, only a few. That's more Hollywood than history.

Fact is, with more people totin' guns and public executions, the crime rate was significantly lower.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Are you kidding me? A person can execute 20 folks in front of witnesses, but so long as no DNA transfer exists then no DP option? Bullets and bombs rarely leave DNA trace evidence. Do we have any DNA evidence for KSM?
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I agree.
 
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