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Heather MC

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3. I would have been ok with capitol punishment, if

Reply to mokawanis (Original post)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 03:41 PM

Feb 2013

he had received a fair trial, unfortunately it was clear when the police shot the first wrong vehicle then the second, he had no chance of a trial fair or otherwise. It's as if we are starting to treat domestic suspects like we are currently treating international suspects. Kill first.

I don't sympathize with Dorner, i fear we are moving further away from a justice system that keeps us civil in our punishment of criminals.

Without fair trials and due process, we might as well go back to the days of witch hunts.

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Regarding Dorner and the support of capital punishment [View all] mokawanis Feb 2013 OP

I oppose the death penalty... Agnosticsherbet Feb 2013 #1

I am against capital punishment, and I don't know the details of the burning, ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #2

I would have been ok with capitol punishment, if Heather MC Feb 2013 #3

To me, it's a lot like the Osama Bin Laden situation. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #4

He had just killed one Riverside sherrif's deputy and gravely wounded another FarCenter Feb 2013 #5

That is, I think, a valid statement mokawanis Feb 2013 #6

Police as judge, jury, executioner. This is why we have due process. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #7

when your shooting at the cops theres no obligation to try not to kill you loli phabay Feb 2013 #9

This does not excuse their having shot 64 bullets at two women and shooting up two more suspects, Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #10

Take him alive if safely possible and then due process libtodeath Feb 2013 #8

I don't like the death penalty for the most part. I also don't like when police kill kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #11