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engletl
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14 years ago

#21

Hang em High on the town green as a PPV event.

Half the proceeds go towards the debt the other half to the victims of the crime

donutboy2000
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14 years ago

#22

When I think of the thousands of inhabitants of Death Rows in the hundreds of prisons in this country...My reaction is: What's taking us so long? Let's get that electrical current flowing. Drop those pellets [of poison gas] now! Whenever I argue this with friends who have opposite views, they say that I don't have enough regard for the most marvelous of miracles - human life. Just the opposite: It's because I have so much regard for human life that I favor capital punishment. Murder is the most terrible crime there is. Anything less than the death penalty is an insult to the victim and society. It says..that we don't value the victim's life enough to punish the killer fully.

Mike Royko

DadZilla3
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14 years ago

#23

Capital punishment - execution of a handful of duly convicted sociopaths for the crimes they committed - seems infinitely less barbaric to me than our routine killing of a million or so unborn babies every year.

If the possibility of executing an innocent person is a valid argument against capital punishment, where is the argument in support of the unquestioned innocence of the unborn?

Edited by user 14 years ago | Reason: Not specified

pgje51
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14 years ago

#24

just do it.

fishinguitarman
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14 years ago

#25

DadZilla3 wrote:

=d> =d> =d> =d> =d> =d> =d> =d> =d> =d> =d> =d>

TMCTLT
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14 years ago

#26

I don't have a problem with it, if you have been convicted of a crime that warrants it then so be it.

dubleuhb wrote:

I don't think capital punishment is a detergent. It is not swift enough.

Is execution worse than rotting in jail for life? Maybe; maybe not. We'd have to ask the executed.

rfenst wrote:

Agreed it is not swift enough, however they do NOT ROT......there are far too many laws protecting prisoner rights to ever allow them to rot. After all they must receive health care / library access so they can be acutely aware of the different loopholes that will allow them to walk after they commit their next crime so on and so forth. I'm a big fan of the saying.....Don't do the crime if you can't pay the time, and to deal with the whole guilt factor that the prison officials feel possibly after administering the drug or electrical jolt. Mount a button that the Phuckin prisoner pushes him/herself.....that has a built in timer to trip if the prisoner cannot bring themselves to do it!!!!!!

Self service capitol punishment.....I like it

Edited by user 14 years ago | Reason: Not specified

DrMaddVibe
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14 years ago

#27

ZRX1200

the same set of laws that apply to capital punishment, allow for the
appeals.

RICKAMAVEN wrote:

That's a given...after that you give state's the rights they're given and fast track it.

If you're sitting on death row for 20 years...F THAT!...you had you day in court.

Hang them...guillotine them...the most cost effective manner...KILL THEM!

ESPECIALLY KIDDIE DIDDLERS!

Whistlebritches
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14 years ago

#28

DadZilla3 wrote:

+1...I wish I had said it myself.

Ron

DrMaddVibe
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14 years ago

#29

+1...I wish I had said it myself.

Ron

Whistlebritches wrote:

Bro..when do YOU come to Tampa again?

HockeyDad
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14 years ago

#30

He can't! He's only got one kidney left!

borndead1
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14 years ago

#31

I am opposed to the death penalty. Not because I give 2 sh*ts about a murderer's "rights" or "feelings", but because it is too much power for the government to have.

Why should we allow government to do that which is illegal for a citizen to do? Should we not hold the authorities to the same standard that we are held to? It is illegal for me to kill you, but if I do, the government can kill me? WTF?

The death penalty is the ultimate hypocrisy and the ultimate display of big government.

T Z
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14 years ago

#32

Public hangings in the park on Sunday. You could bring your family and have a picnic, watch the criminal scum dance from the rope. It would probably deter alot of crime.

HockeyDad
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14 years ago

#33

Why should we allow government to do that which is illegal for a citizen to do?

borndead1 wrote:

Our government can kill people in every country in the world. Why exempt ourselves?

8trackdisco
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14 years ago

#34

i'm against it and your for it. you have your reasons and i have mine.

do you applaud the person in charge of all the executions for doing his job?

RICKAMAVEN wrote:

I applaud everyone that has a job, that does it well (as long as they are working here legally).

8trackdisco
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14 years ago

#35

Charlie

perhaps they should be executed the same way they killed, rape them and stab them to death.

RICKAMAVEN wrote:

Ok, deal.

DadZilla3
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14 years ago

#36

borndead1 wrote:

I'm under the impression that citizens (civilians) of the US are given the death penalty only as a result of a trial by jury. It is the responsibility of the jury to impartially weigh the evidence presented by the state against the accused and return the verdict. The judge then sentences the accused in accordance to the laws of that jurisdiction. Far as I know, the burden of proof is all on the state.

Also the legal process of administering the death penalty looks to be to be very thorough, and with benefit of safeguards:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States#The_legal_process

Now if we wanna talk true pure unrestrained power of Big Gov, we can get into an IRS thread...

TrishS@CigarBid
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14 years ago

#37

Something else to ponder...

What about the victim's families? Each time the convicted killer comes up for parole, they have to relive both the incident and the trial...Will they get out THIS time? Each family member has to write a letter explaining how the incident affected them. There's never a chance for the wound to heal completely.

I happen to have personal experience with it and I can tell you it ain't fun.

wheelrite
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14 years ago

#38

TrishS@CigarBid wrote:

I don't recall seeing anything in the Constitution regarding victims families when it comes to cruel and unusual punishment.

sadly, bad things happen and always will. That does'nt justify executuon .

rfenst
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14 years ago

#39

borndead1 wrote:

Your argument is faulty (illogical). Here is why:

A= Government
B= A Citizen
C= Impose the death penalty

A should not be allowed to do what it is illegal for B to do
B cant do C.
A should not be allowed to do C.

Now, if your argument is logically valid, every argument that uses the same logic (form) must make sense. If any argument using the same logic does not make sense, then your argument has been proven faulty (illogical). So, here goes:

A= Government
B= A Citizens
C= Put a traffic light up at a busy intersection.Stop a hold-up of a liquor store

Government is not allowed to what a citizen can't do.
A Citizen cannot put up a traffic light up at a busy intersection.
Therefore, Government should not be allowed to put up a traffic light up at a busy intersection.

Now, that conclusion sounds preposterous, doesn't it? Of course it does! So, it proves your conclusion/argument that government should not be allowed to execute criminals- is faulty/illogical.

Sorry.

Edited by user 14 years ago | Reason: Not specified

cacman
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14 years ago

#40

Anyone see the movie "Citizen X"?

Abolish death row - 9mm to back of head - send casing and bill to the family.

Done.

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