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jmbran11
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 Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:21 am Post subject: California and Florida have suspened the death penalty |
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I'm quite pleased to report that two more states have temporarily stopped executing prisoners. I will readily admit that some people are so evil that they deserve to die to protect society, but I don't think our judicial system is currently equipped to systematically apply this penalty appropriately.
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:28 am Post subject: |
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The Chinese execute an average of about 8 people a day, usually with a bullet.
(Pre-emptive strike against the holier-than-thou sorts who tend to 'people' these forums.) |
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canuckistan
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| Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:09 am Post subject: |
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jmbran11 wrote
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but I don't think our judicial system is currently equipped to systematically apply this penalty appropriately.
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Given the gravity of the punishment, "mistakes" are intolerable.
Like an ex-warden once said (while quitting in disgust): "the death penalty is a privilege of the poor in this country." |
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NAVFC
Joined: 10 May 2006
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| Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: California and Florida have suspened the death penalty |
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| jmbran11 wrote: |
I'm quite pleased to report that two more states have temporarily stopped executing prisoners. I will readily admit that some people are so evil that they deserve to die to protect society, but I don't think our judicial system is currently equipped to systematically apply this penalty appropriately.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_on_re_us/executions_suspended |
What if they instead of uspending modify the death pentalty laws so that there must be damning evidence to be sentenced to die? such as a confession, video tapes, eye witnesses? personally Im all for putitng murderers and serial killers 6 ft under. |
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Grimalkin
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| Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:59 am Post subject: |
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NAVFC
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| What if they instead of uspending modify the death pentalty laws so that there must be damning evidence to be sentenced to die? such as a confession, video tapes, eye witnesses? personally Im all for putitng murderers and serial killers 6 ft under. |
Confessions can be coerced (the Birmingham Six), eye witnesses lie, and video tapes will never show all the circumstances surrounding a killing. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:04 am Post subject: |
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NAVFC
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| What if they instead of uspending modify the death pentalty laws so that there must be damning evidence to be sentenced to die? such as a confession, video tapes, eye witnesses? personally Im all for putitng murderers and serial killers 6 ft under. |
Confessions can be coerced (the Birmingham Six), eye witnesses lie, and video tapes will never show all the circumstances surrounding a killing. |
Confessions can also be like that guy who said he was a child molester from Thailand, was flown over and then they found out he was lying (I forget his name). |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 4:58 am Post subject: Re: California and Florida have suspened the death penalty |
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| jmbran11 wrote: |
| I'm quite pleased to report that two more states have temporarily stopped executing prisoners. I will readily admit that some people are so evil that they deserve to die to protect society, but I don't think our judicial system is currently equipped to systematically apply this penalty appropriately. |
I agree, one innocent killed is too many to justify any number of guilty executed. |
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thepeel
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| Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:55 am Post subject: |
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Not too mention that it is a rather strange citizen-government relationship when one has the right to kill the other. But, bottom line, humans are human . We make mistakes. And the death penalty is 'bad' for that fact.
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