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Showing Original Post only (View all)What are your views on the death penalty? [View all]
How do you feel about the death penalty?
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I oppose the death penalty in all cases | |
25 (69%) |
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I oppose the death penalty except in exceptional circumstances (explain below) | |
3 (8%) |
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I support the death penalty when necessary | |
7 (19%) |
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America's use and frequency of the death penalty is justified | |
0 (0%) |
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If more criminals were executed, violent crime would be lower | |
1 (3%) |
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Other (explain below) | |
0 (0%) |
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0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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I was assigned this topic as a junior high student for an essay that we were given
hlthe2b
Oct 2022
#5
It's for evil people caught red-handed with multiple pieces of corroborating evidence
bucolic_frolic
Oct 2022
#7
I am against the death penalty in all cases. It is state murder. Both my husband and I have
Demsrule86
Oct 2022
#21
Exactly and just one innocent person killed is horrible and not worth a billion murderers dying. nt
Quixote1818
Oct 2022
#22
It's never necessary, I can't believe anybody on this board is pro death penalty
USALiberal
Oct 2022
#13
There are some people who do such horrendous things that they should forfeit their lives.
Chainfire
Oct 2022
#15
I am against the death penalty, but as long as the majority support it in a democracy
JCMach1
Oct 2022
#17
Idiosyncratic thing... I just think if you support killing in the name of the people,
JCMach1
Oct 2022
#29
A great many people in favor of the death penalty are a-holes. I don't want to be in their boat.
Tetrachloride
Oct 2022
#25