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Kalidurga

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6. When capital punishment just isn't enough...

Reply to Demo_Chris (Original post)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 06:18 PM

Feb 2013

get your extra judicial capital punishment... It's just like regular capital punishment, but with the potential for several innocent bystanders also being executed and without the unnecessary complications of a trial and everything.

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Reconsidering my opposition to Capital Punishment. Your thoughts welcome! [View all] Demo_Chris Feb 2013 OP

Bush said he got the intel "wrong"... KansDem Feb 2013 #1

I'm assuming this is sarcasm and if so it's brilliant. n/t white_wolf Feb 2013 #2

Thanks, I appreciate it :) Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #7

Sometimes the sarcasm is so obvious that ashling Feb 2013 #3

Like the mix of part satire, part real, part snark...at least that's how I read it libdem4life Feb 2013 #4

Thanks! Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #11

FYI, those rules also restrict what the defense can introduce too. nt Deep13 Feb 2013 #5

Sounds complex. Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #8

It is, but it is ultimately weighted to the state. Deep13 Feb 2013 #9

When capital punishment just isn't enough... Kalidurga Feb 2013 #6

It also saves money on other things... hughee99 Feb 2013 #10

good point! nt Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #14

You're right. I'm all for this simple perfection Catherina Feb 2013 #12

Heh-heh :) Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #13