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Cyrano

(15,388 posts) Fri May 15, 2015, 05:38 PM May 2015

So about this death penalty thing [View all]

Yes, I'm talking about Boston. (And the rest of planet Earth.)

I believe that the sentence should have been life in prison.

I believe that the death penalty is a remnant of human tribalism.

I believe that revenge is a stronger impulse in humans than justice.

I believe that at some point, we may destroy ourselves before we mature.

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So about this death penalty thing [View all] Cyrano May 2015 OP

I agree. TreasonousBastard May 2015 #1

All true, sadly MoonRiver May 2015 #2

what do you have against tribalism? DeadEyeDyck May 2015 #3

Plenty. Hissyspit May 2015 #24

There are many, many people who (through their actions) should be executed IF we allow... BlueJazz May 2015 #4

I believe you are correct Warpy May 2015 #5

Oddly enough, we are one of the very few countries with the death penalty. SheilaT May 2015 #6

The only developed country, actually. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #12

Yep. SheilaT May 2015 #14

Japan and South Korea still have the death penalty on the books, although... TreasonousBastard May 2015 #25

We're at the back of the pack, in terms of population to executed convicts--recent data: MADem May 2015 #26

Agreed Bettie May 2015 #7

I think the administering of penal punishment always involves revenge aikoaiko May 2015 #8

Only if you believe that "punishment" and "revenge" are synonyms MrModerate May 2015 #19

No they don't have to be synonymous. aikoaiko May 2015 #21

+1 bvf May 2015 #9

I have always been against state sponsored murder project_bluebook May 2015 #10

I agree n/t DryHump May 2015 #17

We already are marym625 May 2015 #11

The fact Flatpicker May 2015 #13

The jury was picked so as to favor the death penalty. Mariana May 2015 #32

No idea of the legalities involved AikenYankee May 2015 #15

The times, they are changing seveneyes May 2015 #16

I believe killing a human being is wrong. Chemisse May 2015 #18

When I was a younger man,... MarianJack May 2015 #20

Rejection of the death penalty is a measure of human evolution Cyrano May 2015 #22

A lot of people on DU think life in prison would be too severe. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #23

That little boy died very painfully. alphafemale May 2015 #27

I know that, too. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #28

Those "10 year" people are likely very sheltered. alphafemale May 2015 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2015 #30

There's another reason to add when it comes to objecting to the death penalty... Violet_Crumble May 2015 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2015 #33