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edhopper

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61. There are innocent people who have been put to death

Mon May 16, 2022, 09:38 PM

May 2022

Because their case so obviously warranted the death penalty.
It would never be reserved for only people caught in the act of a shooting spree.

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I'm sorry, but bring back death penalty in New York! I know I will be flamed for this. [View all] toesonthenose May 2022 OP

Nope !! You must love China, lots of executions! Nt USALiberal May 2022 #1

lol ok nt Torchlight May 2022 #7

Actually I do love China. toesonthenose May 2022 #9

I am totally opposed to the death penalty in all cases. MineralMan May 2022 #2

Have to disagree with you on this one toesonthenose May 2022 #12

Why would you think he'd be "treated like a king" in prison? MineralMan May 2022 #14

I could not agree more with your opinion, gab13by13 May 2022 #24

Well, my philosophical principles go even beyond that. MineralMan May 2022 #35

That is pretty much the position I have come to, as well Maeve May 2022 #45

Yes. I believe it sets up a very poor environment. MineralMan May 2022 #54

Lol, "treated like a king"??? USALiberal May 2022 #44

I agree with you Buckeyeblue May 2022 #36

Yes, I totally agree with you PatSeg May 2022 #37

I agree with all of that. MineralMan May 2022 #56

Yes, there are so many beliefs about death, PatSeg May 2022 #58

This 100% (N/T) Patton French May 2022 #57

10 to 15% of those put to death are multigraincracker May 2022 #3

No ...never happen. NO DEATH PENALTY. It is barbaric and will be used to kill minorities... Demsrule86 May 2022 #42

Abolish the death penalty. WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #4

I am against the death penalty for any reason. Demsrule86 May 2022 #39

I won't flame you, MarineCombatEngineer May 2022 #5

You think it should be an extremely rare event when capital punishment is used Mariana May 2022 #6

That's what I told my dad and now he's against Haggard Celine May 2022 #34

Irrational and emotional - death penalty is not the answer. Bev54 May 2022 #8

Consider yourself flamed sarisataka May 2022 #10

I guess it is a rite of passage. Thank you for the welcome, you are actually the first! toesonthenose May 2022 #13

Since you are new I thought sarisataka May 2022 #16

Thank you for your kindness. Like the Roman emperor giving the thumbs up at the end of the fight! HA toesonthenose May 2022 #40

Let me be the 2nd to say MarineCombatEngineer May 2022 #18

Thank you very much, and thank you even more for your service! toesonthenose May 2022 #41

I don't think revenge should be what our justice system should be about... Ohio Joe May 2022 #11

Absolutely. It's the "justice" system. TreasonousBastard May 2022 #19

Forget that it's just wrong. It costs a ton more taxpayer's money than life in prison. So no. Scrivener7 May 2022 #15

de rec nt Celerity May 2022 #17

No. demmiblue May 2022 #20

The shooter's life is already over for all intents and purposes. Tommy Carcetti May 2022 #21

No. Let him live the rest of his life in prison. Aristus May 2022 #22

It is uncivilized for a government to commit a cold-blooded killing Walleye May 2022 #23

Governments are very often corrupt and incompetent Mysterian May 2022 #25

I don't know the right answer hamsterjill May 2022 #26

Plus the fact that the death penalty does not deter others. gab13by13 May 2022 #27

Our criminal justice system is far too imperfect milestogo May 2022 #28

Because the system would always be far from perfect edhopper May 2022 #29

Of course not. Not at all. But there is no chance of that in this case toesonthenose May 2022 #43

The laws aren't written for this specific case. They apply to every case. Mariana May 2022 #60

There are innocent people who have been put to death edhopper May 2022 #61

Let him rot in general population dalton99a May 2022 #30

No pressbox69 May 2022 #31

It is unfortunate that the perpetrator was taken alive, but I would have no problem if an accident JohnSJ May 2022 #32

+1 dalton99a May 2022 #33

It is interesting how in general sarisataka May 2022 #55

No state murder is still murder. No! Demsrule86 May 2022 #38

More death is not the answer. spanone May 2022 #46

Let him rot, but first thatdemguy May 2022 #47

We didn't ban it to save the guilty Sympthsical May 2022 #48

This. nt BlackSkimmer May 2022 #49

No. johnp3907 May 2022 #50

HRC once said "I don't believe you change hearts, I believe you change laws" nuxvomica May 2022 #51

It's easy to get wrapped up in the emotion of a particular event, but.... marmar May 2022 #52

Should the decision to impose the death penalty be subjective? onenote May 2022 #53

It never gets implemented the way people like the OP think it should be. nt. Mariana May 2022 #59