A new thread because the Search facility on this board is crap.

The Death Penalty.

Texas despatched 500 since 1976.

I'm all for the death penalty, but only in certain cases.

It's utterly ridiculous that this woman had to sit on Death Row for 14 years before they applied the original sentence.

She was an addict at the time she committed the murder.

She's been clean for 14 years. She's definitely not the person she was.

I'm unequivocally opposed to the Death penalty.

Always was, always will be.

Oh look a 'death penalty' thread, at last!

Aussie wrote on Jun 27^th, 2013 at 3:28pm:



Right about now we should see bobby come in with a "hang em high" youtube video ...

bummer

Lord Herbert wrote on Jun 27^th, 2013 at 3:47pm:


I didn't modify my opinion: I modified the text.

My opinion has always been that premeditated state-sanctioned killing is not an acceptable form of punishment.


Lord Herbert wrote on Jun 27^th, 2013 at 3:47pm:


I think you'll find they do.

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Lord Herbert wrote on Jun 27^th, 2013 at 3:47pm:


I didn't modify my opinion: I modified the text.

My opinion has always been that premeditated state-sanctioned killing is not an acceptable form of punishment.


Lord Herbert wrote on Jun 27^th, 2013 at 3:47pm:


I think you'll find they do.

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 27^th, 2013 at 3:51pm:


I accept your right to have this opinion. In the final washup it really doesn't matter what happens to these serial killers and serial rapists ~~ the damage has already been done.

But then again, I'm drawn to the fact that the surviving families of these murder and rape victims need to feel that society has a justice system that does not allow for leniency and compassion towards these perpetrators.

The only closure the immediate family of murder victims have is when the perpetrator dies. For as long as the serial killer and rapists are alive and enjoying the comforts and entertainments found in prisons, the family members of the deceased are in a limbo of unresolved grieving and bereavement.