No one deserves to die.

The state does not have the right to execute a person.

how the state could say killing is wrong. If you do it we'll kill you.

Execution is barbaric!

It has always been my thought that we have no right in that decision - everyone's time comes when it's time, whether it be alone in bed or sitting in a jail cell for life...

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I love it! :D

You know I'm not arguing with your position; I've just been looking for a place to say that this evening.

cubed, mixed with refried beans and cheese, on a tortilla.

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And many of them would kill you as you proclaim that they shouldn't if you happened to be in their way.

No thank you.

Because you'd get what you deserve.

What good does revenge do?

You say to-may-to, I say To-mah-to.

In a heart beat........without even blinking.

is completely cerebral. The defense of such evil suggests that. I bet no one has had any real "on hands" experience dealing with a cold-blooded murderer.

I stand by my statement - killing killers as punishment for killing makes us no better than them

think of the child murderers and then the serial killer. I've met both kinds post crime.

and the jury recommended death. I support the community decision. Secondly, they are worthless, empty souls who just need to move on out of this dimension.

Additionally, the community/state outlines the criteria for a death penalty case which is actually rarely used compared to all the murder convictions on the books.

in my various post......

you say kill, citing you'll be killing killers, who should be killed, because killing is wrong.

you're certainly free dodge the issue

cruel as in a child murderer for example, they are deemed by their society and peers to of committed the ultimate taboo. Laws have been established by their society outlining what is acceptable and unacceptable. The Laws have established consequences for all violations, including First Degree Murder to the worst degree as in the child murders. Execution is what is ordered and sanctioned. Execution is the most severe consequence for the most horrendous of crimes. Such crimes were premeditated, self serving and no doubt satisfying to the assailant. Killing is murder, execution is a consequence of violating the law....that is quite different.

There is no difference.

n/t

killing is killing, as sure as 2+2=4.

facts are facts.

so called "liberal" nurse to explain to you her theory that commuting a death sentence to life w/o possibility of parole is such a reward for minorities. The killaz get to hang out wid each othah and chill. It's a regular hip-hop, gangstah clubhouse, according to her.

It really is the most totally ignorant thing you've ever heard.

And it encourages us to mock the valid opportunities in remorse, redemption, or rehabilitation. There was a time when a parent could take a shoplifting child back to the store to return the goods and apologize. The natural experience of guilt and shame was meant to shape future behavior.

But not now. Lock em up. Shoot em on the spot. Whatever. With no natural guilt check to balance bad behavior, we are dehumanized, and thus begins the unraveling of civilized society.

than executing four innocent people.

It's generally a process that begins with the oppression of poverty. If it wasn't, our "death rows" would be filled with stockbrokers, dentists, and politicians.

murderer who acted in a blackout or on an impulse do not get the death penalty. They just serve time.

those who will never, ever experience remorse or seek redemption. And if on a fluke one actually did, too bad, I wouldn't believe it...

Removing them from society is prudent however.

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say revenge is mine.

keep trying.

The original text is "Thou shalt not murder". It's the 6th.

and cruel

and it has never been a deterrent.. it is just a campaign issue

NT

homicide rates.. there is nothing to prevent killing witnesses, what is another killing when you are facing death for just one

the people that kill others don't think it out.. it is usually someone they know and alcohol is involved.

you are dead wrong about the DP prevnting crive..FALSE

quit debating this issue as though you are in a vacuum. US law did not originate from the bible. The bible and judeo-christian beliefs have influenced the creation of law over the last 2000 years in the west but not defined it. The Code Duello, the Bloodgeld and germanic/barbarian cultural influences had a large impact on what punishment was deemed necessary. It wasn't until Victorian Days that people began to see imprisonment and rehabilitation as viable (and less barbaric) forms of punishment. Which leads me to my point,not everyone agrees on what constitutes punishment. And so the proper debate IMHO is what is the proper punishment for "Crime X". Person A says death, Person B days life imprisonment, Person C says reeducation ala A Clockwork Orange, etc...