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The death penalty in Massachusetts has been forbidden since 1982 or so.

But now Eric Holder has announced that the feds will push (or at least allow) the death penalty to be used on the marathon bomber if he's found guilty.

Nobody questions the legality of this.
But the talk circuits have been inconsistent at best.

Do anti-capital punishment liberals accept this from the Obama administration?
Should they embrace it?
Or do they stick to their values and rail against it?

ooohh!!!

Is this one of those threads where everyone gets to talk about how much they'd kill this guy if they were in charge?

I'll go first! I'll kill him the most deadest!!!

Victor I fully believe that what you're saying is EXACTLY why the administration announced this.

Russians WARNED us about these two specifically.

They ran the exact senario the day before.

Video and photographs showed many guys with backpacks, sunglasses and earpieces that day.

Then the door to door searches with no warrants.




Whole thing smelled.

Hey Z...

You know, that tinfoil hat you're wearing is seriously out of date. Makes you look fat too.

I can sell you this brand new, designer tinfoil hat for the low, low price of only $499.

See, you look much better in it. Makes you look 200lbs lighter than the other one, and 30 years younger. You almost look like Danny DeVito's older, shorter, heavier twin brother. Or wheel's younger, taller twin... one or the other...

So, whaddya say?

No.

The NSA has already informed us of your creditworthiness.

Eager?
The kid's been in prison since May.
They're keeping him in solitary so he won't get shanked.
I saw the stats and despite the feds being "death penalty friendly" , there's been like only 3 deaths in 800 cases where it was permitted. Hardly a good odd.

Don't over think things.
I've seen the conspiracy sites, and they're embarrassingly sophomoric.

Oh I had him pegged a long time ago.

You pegged him?

I am probably in the minority for a change, but I've always had a problem seeing this issue as a political party line item. I see it more as an individual's philosophy based on factors such as but not limited to religious beliefs, fear of allowing the gov't the ultimate power, fear of killing by mistake, etc. Just has a different feel to it than welfare programs, international relationships, taxes, et al. Hey, that's just me.

We have conservatives here that are against state authorized murder, some cite one or more of the above for their rationale.

If the op is hellbent on establishing that libs are girly men without the testicular fortitude to pull the switch, then I am in the wrong thread. However, I did not infer that from the op at first.

TG, I do agree with you that the conspiracy advocates are missing the truth of what transpired...in this case.

Edit: I forgot to answer the original question. I am a resident Masshole, and I am not happy with the Feds attempts.

Interesting position articles in today's Boston Globe. The anti death penalty position was written by the son of a newsworthy murder victim by terrorists. he said it did not bring peace nor closure to his family. They realized they wanted something else. Good read.

It's not about the fortitude at all. If I have painted a picture as liberals being namby pansies, it is unrelated to the topic at hand and is a truth that stands on its own merit.

But it is generally true that conservatives favor capital punishment, while liberals lean towards the bleeding heart approach.
Truth be told, I'd prefer to see this **** put into the general prison population for the rest of his life, which would likely be just a few months before he was shanked for the killing of the kid.

But living in our bluest of blue states, it is comical to watch the politicos try to justify their outright ban on the death penalty while embracing the federal decision to allow it. It's a rare opportunity to witness hypocrisy so obvious that you can feel their conflict.
THAT is the intended focus of this thread.

plenty of opportunity to live in countries that agree with that type of swift, powerful, totalitarian government style judicial system.

You'd only have to be careful not to exercise freedom of speech there, or right to assemble,or several other rights that you would no longer have. Your security would be enhanced, however. Not a deal I'd make.

I sometimes feel and say stuff like you posted, but I make sure I don't make decisions until I regain control of my emotions, and then I pray a fair trial yields the correct verdict.

he's gonna be dead, he deserves to be dead...just don't want my fingerprints on it.

The death penalty is wrong,,,,



wheel,

Seems like the Feds did an over-ride with the DC Sniper, too . . . They didn't let him sit on death row for 20 years, either . . .

Getto that's funny.

so we are up to 2 votes to be more like Iran...unless I missed someone.

Or, we could go back to hanging on the courthouse steps, and that would be just fine with me . . .

sure hope you are right, bro!

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A. You OK? Late night? Lack of sleep?
B. If you feel the need to take this literally, then you're missing the point. The Dems here aren't any more in favor of the DP today then they were last year. They just are willing to let a more prominent democrat (Holder/Obama) place a ruling without nary a blink or peep.
Call it hypocrisy (I do), call it lack of character (I do), call it lack of conviction for their beliefs (I do).

You get the gist.