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In reply to the discussion: I have never been for the death penalty, but maybe now one exception:..... Kyle Rittenhouse [View all]tulipsandroses
(8,251 posts)6. That little shit and his enablers should be put in a vat of hot oil
I was very happy to hear John Heileman call him a domestic terrorist on tv today. No mincing words about a "troubled kid" like other journalists. Call this shit out for what it is. When young men join the Taliban, Isis they are not called "troubled".
Young minority men that join gangs are not called troubled. Lets stop the bullshit!
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I have never been for the death penalty, but maybe now one exception:..... Kyle Rittenhouse [View all]
Stuart G
Aug 2020
OP
agreed, except for 2 exceptions (the Nuremberg ones) crimes against humanity & waging aggressive war
Celerity
Aug 2020
#8
The law requires a defendant to be charged within a short time or they can't hold him,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2020
#54
The only basis for federal jurisdiction I can see is a possible violation of firearms laws,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2020
#60
I hadn't heard anything about the circumstances relating to how he got the gun.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2020
#91
Rittenhouse didn't commit a federal crime where the death penalty is punishment.
Kaleva
Aug 2020
#56
I had forgotten that this killer is a "minor." But he planned to kill and went to kill and used
Stuart G
Aug 2020
#7
WI doesn't have the death penalty, fortunately, so it isn't even a possibility
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2020
#9
Yes, maybe a...."vat of hot oil" for awhile, then lifetime in prison. Every once in a while..back
Stuart G
Aug 2020
#11
Funny how we liberals can also revert to barbarism when the other side pisses us off.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2020
#14
I have no good will when it comes to white supremacists so we will agree to disagree
tulipsandroses
Aug 2020
#36
Trial. Then Vat of oil. Electric Chair. Lethal Injection. Don't care how
tulipsandroses
Aug 2020
#41
I am not talking about young men who join gangs, I am talking about this particular killer named
Stuart G
Aug 2020
#15
And we need understand a not guilty result under law is possible no matter how much we are repulsed
Amishman
Aug 2020
#72
That's also possible. I don't think a complete acquittal is likely, but
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2020
#92
Yeah, no. You don't support the dp for Jeffrey Dahmer but you do for this snot-nosed punk?
meadowlander
Aug 2020
#17
Maybe Jeffery Dahmer should get the death too.. maybe...(just thinking about it)
Stuart G
Aug 2020
#21
Never have been in the past...not once..but maybe ???maybe I am changing my mind...
Stuart G
Aug 2020
#23
Either you're for it or you aren't. You don't get to pick and choose.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2020
#26
Maybe, just maybe...in this case only...yes, torture and kill ..."that little fucker."
Stuart G
Aug 2020
#30
Yes, it is ...."tempting"....I will be thinking about this one for a long time. This particular
Stuart G
Aug 2020
#44
Yes, I hope so too. Sometimes the horror of it all gets to me. It gets to all of us in different
Stuart G
Aug 2020
#47
A dopey juvenile wildly manipulated by every adult in his life is not really a great case
greenjar_01
Aug 2020
#61
Maybe that is the answer..keep him alive without parole, and "he'll be a remorseful
Stuart G
Aug 2020
#82
Capital punishment of anybody is unacceptable, no matter what the crime.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2020
#103