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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    There are some sick people out there. Yes, there are some evil people out there but there are more sick people, I think. Life in prison, without parole.
    Where is the line that separates sick from evil?

    So far, I'm a proponent of the death penalty.

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    Nope. The death penalty is a solution to the problem of a repeat. Life with no parole is nothing but a license for him to kill anyone he wants and can get to. What's to stop him?
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    Capital crimes in muslim countries are rare compared to the US and other Western countries. I suspect this is also true of totalitarian dictatorships. http://www.nationmaster.com/country-...slim%20average

    Obviously, the trade-offs are severe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    Due process, my friend. Due process.
    No. Due process isn't life in prison waiting for a death penalty. That is a lawyerly circus. Due process is a fair trial with one review.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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    I am not in favor of the death penalty. There are people who need to be removed from society and that is why we have prisons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captdon View Post
    Nope. The death penalty is a solution to the problem of a repeat. Life with no parole is nothing but a license for him to kill anyone he wants and can get to. What's to stop him?
    I certainly would not want to face life in prison with no possibility of parole. That would be worse than being put to death.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    I certainly would not want to face life in prison with no possibility of parole. That would be worse than being put to death.
    At that point though, is it about you?

    I see the death penalty more of a recompense to the victim/families. Although it won't make anything 'whole' again, it guarantees no recurrence of harm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ODB View Post
    At that point though, is it about you?

    I see the death penalty more of a recompense to the victim/families. Although it won't make anything 'whole' again, it guarantees no recurrence of harm.
    Then you look at the death penalty as revenge.


    I am reluctant to give government the ability to choose who lives and who dies.


    The death penalty is administered in a very inconsistent and arbitrary manner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    I've read a lot of the research on the death penalty. It serves no purpose, other than to rid society of the accused without financially supporting him/her. I think, though, that's not the purpose of our justice system. Also, the cost of 30 years of appeals dwarfs the 30 more years he'd sit in prison, I suspect. I'm against it on so many grounds.
    Have a different opinion.

    Believe the purpose of the death penalty is to satisfy society's desire for vengeance/retribution against those who commit particularly horrendous atrocities.


    To which one can agree or disagree. But i don't think the motivations are anything as practical as prison costs or preventing future possibility of committing crimes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    Then you look at the death penalty as revenge.

    I am reluctant to give government the ability to choose who lives and who dies.

    The death penalty is administered in a very inconsistent and arbitrary manner.
    So is all justice. Shall we do away with punishment because we are imperfect humans?

    Or should we return justice to the people, to be meted out based on one's prowess with weapons or the ability to pay for a champion?
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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