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tularetom

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4. I guess I'd have to say I'm neutral on the death penalty

Reply to alcibiades_mystery (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2014, 09:53 PM

May 2014

but I'm definitely and unalterably opposed to the barbarity that took place earlier this week. If we as a people want to keep executing criminals, we should at least learn to do it in a modern and humane fashion.

And we need to be absolutely certain that the people we are executing are actually guilty of the crimes for which they are being executed.

I don't claim to be a DP "supporter", but yes, I'm appalled at the treatment of a human being. The people that killed Mr Lockett are only marginally better than he is IMO.

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Anybody Cheering the Execution of Clayton Lockett Should be Ashamed [View all] alcibiades_mystery May 2014 OP

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I guess I'd have to say I'm neutral on the death penalty tularetom May 2014 #4

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