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nadinbrzezinski

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55. No it does not

Reply to aikoaiko (Reply #2)

Sat May 16, 2015, 10:49 AM

May 2015

The court system is broken and innocent people sit on death row.

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So we kill someone to show that killing someone is wrong [View all] WilliamPitt May 2015 OP

Very well-stated... Cooley Hurd May 2015 #1

'toon form Electric Monk May 2015 #85

Due process makes all the difference. aikoaiko May 2015 #2

You cannot always rely upon due proess, just ask avebury May 2015 #4

Hence my absolute opposition to the DP. trumad May 2015 #5

I also am totally against the death penalty. avebury May 2015 #10

+1 daleanime May 2015 #18

My reply to people who say that skepticscott May 2015 #39

I think people do not think the whole thing through.. trumad May 2015 #49

That's a different issue than the one WP is trying to discuss I think. aikoaiko May 2015 #13

You must love china, iran, iraq.......check the list that do and the ones that don't. nt Logical May 2015 #32

I'm not familiar with their legal systems and due process in DP cases aikoaiko May 2015 #37

no amount of due process justifies the cold-blooded, premeditated, and unnecessary killing of humans unblock May 2015 #48

No it does not nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #55

That pretty well sums it up. avebury May 2015 #3

Justice is holding the right person accountable. yallerdawg May 2015 #6

If there could be a number above 100% spot on, this would deserve it. DFW May 2015 #7

I can appreciate fact-based, rational, logical reasons for a DP JonLP24 May 2015 #8

I thought he was sentenced to death for his crime. Thinkingabout May 2015 #9

He was sentenced to death. There's not even much doubt over his guilt DFW May 2015 #12

I completely agree! polmaven May 2015 #11

I have nothing against the death penalty. In this case. I would have preferred Life. Why? Katashi_itto May 2015 #14

Why not include a year of torture before drawing and quartering? sammythecat May 2015 #40

Are you against the death penalty? Katashi_itto May 2015 #43

No, a year of torture is nothing compared to being entombed the rest of your life. Katashi_itto May 2015 #45

So what is his punishment? LordGlenconner May 2015 #46

WTH are you talking about? Katashi_itto May 2015 #50

Maybe if your points were more coherent LordGlenconner May 2015 #51

Maybe if someone's reading comprehension actually existed. Katashi_itto May 2015 #53

totally agree mitch96 May 2015 #42

Killing is wrong. Let the man rot in jail remembering the suffering his actions caused. In_The_Wind May 2015 #15

+10000000000 nt steve2470 May 2015 #92

I think you're being deliberately obtuse. Killing innocent people is wrong. Donald Ian Rankin May 2015 #16

Bingo! Thanks! /nt/ PosterChild May 2015 #21

+1 FLPanhandle May 2015 #29

Were the soldiers storming Normandy wrong for killing the defending Germans? Hassin Bin Sober May 2015 #47

Amazing how other progressive countries realize it is wrong. And you and the USA don't. nt Logical May 2015 #33

Did you even bother reading my post? N.T. Donald Ian Rankin May 2015 #36

Did you fucking read your post..... Logical May 2015 #61

"What did I not understand???" Pretty much the whole thing. Donald Ian Rankin May 2015 #75

Another clueless post..... Logical May 2015 #77

I oppose capital punishment 99.99% of the time. abakan May 2015 #17

And the precedent? Donald Ian Rankin May 2015 #26

Why not? I was suspended from school for not going to school. malthaussen May 2015 #19

Interesting observations, thanks! /nt/ PosterChild May 2015 #23

One of the toughest pro DP arguments to argue against... TreasonousBastard May 2015 #25

I was just saying that our country's priorities are screwed up. malthaussen May 2015 #30

My mistake-- missed the intended irony there... TreasonousBastard May 2015 #54

A lot of years ago, Larry Niven wrote a short story... malthaussen May 2015 #63

Stick him in the secondvariety May 2015 #20

Well said Thespian2 May 2015 #22

I'm opposed to the death penalty on principle, but I don't think that's the reason it's imposed. MH1 May 2015 #24

I am 99% against the death penalty Ms. Yertle May 2015 #27

Your position is unprincipled. Fred Sanders May 2015 #59

Really?? Ms. Yertle May 2015 #73

Your advocacy for torture is indeed principled, but it is very wrong. Fred Sanders May 2015 #81

How am I advocating FOR torture?????????????? n/t Ms. Yertle May 2015 #88

All the reasons DP supporters use just don't work TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #28

DP supporters just love revenge. nt Logical May 2015 #34

Exactly. It is the ultimate punishment. nt raouldukelives May 2015 #38

I'm with you on this one. ucrdem May 2015 #31

How else is he gonna learn? Orsino May 2015 #35

I’d happily stuff his donco May 2015 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2015 #44

Brutal personality. .. Trajan May 2015 #57

WOOOOOOO MANLY AMERICA BONER!!!!!! NuclearDem May 2015 #66

I'm gonna second that "fuck him". If that makes me a manly American boner intertubes tough guy Warren DeMontague May 2015 #84

Not about Tsarnaev. NuclearDem May 2015 #87

i find it hard to separate the sentiment in this case from the shitty thing he did. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #89

There's no good answer in a case like this. DirkGently May 2015 #52

Anders Breivik Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #56

Folks are too stupid, or lazy, to understand the difference between retribution and revenge, is my theory. Fred Sanders May 2015 #58

Exactly. elleng May 2015 #60

Killing the wrong person is wrong... Oktober May 2015 #62

For every criminal we execute, we should execute a random death penalty supporting politician. hunter May 2015 #64

Or for every Life without Parole criminal, we should also sentance a random anti-DP politician FLPanhandle May 2015 #67

That sound good too. hunter May 2015 #70

Modern society does not allow for mercy or for peace. I wish it did. liberal_at_heart May 2015 #65

Death is not a deterrent for someone who wants to die AZ Progressive May 2015 #68

Lingzi Lu died with her intestines in her hands LittleBlue May 2015 #69

I'm sorry but what you have described is revenge. It is natural to feel anger and want to liberal_at_heart May 2015 #71

I don't think killing Tsarnaev fuels any war LittleBlue May 2015 #72

I oppose the death penalty ... Trajan May 2015 #74

You are right. When we allow ourselves to give in to revenge we let the darkness take over and that liberal_at_heart May 2015 #76

'Had the chance to show him we are better than that Peregrine Took May 2015 #78

Our default setting is base instinct such as fear, anger, hate, revenge. It takes effort to get off liberal_at_heart May 2015 #79

+1 Well said. BeanMusical May 2015 #82

Sorry, but after your last post on this issue F4lconF16 May 2015 #80

I've read the article, and I can safely say that position hasn't changed. NuclearDem May 2015 #91

I'm wondering where all the people went who said anything more than 10 years would be "inhumane" Warren DeMontague May 2015 #83

"foolish notion" by holly near niyad May 2015 #86

There are right ways and wrong ways to be against the death penalty. NuclearDem May 2015 #90