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former9thward

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21. Exactly.

Reply to NuclearDem (Reply #20)

Sun May 17, 2015, 11:05 AM

May 2015

And that is the point.

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The death penalty is dying. The federal government will not execute Tsarnaev. [View all] morningfog May 2015 OP

I certainly hope you are right. N/t roamer65 May 2015 #1

me too. Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #5

That's my bet. zipplewrath May 2015 #2

On what basis would it be overturned? Do you think he didn't do it?Did Hoppy May 2015 #3

All death penalty sentences will be communted to life when the Supreme Court finally rules morningfog May 2015 #8

The Death Penalty may (and probably should) go away as a form of punishment. Calista241 May 2015 #19

There have been many recent decisions chipping away at it. morningfog May 2015 #22

Archaic is the right word for this abhorrent practice. I hope you are right, but considering sabrina 1 May 2015 #4

The last person we executed in this manner was a propagandist Maedhros May 2015 #9

A life sentence in a Maximum Security prison could actually be worse than execution. Big Blue Marble May 2015 #6

I hope you are right. hrmjustin May 2015 #7

The Super Max is not far behind...Tsarnaev will also not be housed in a super max for life alcibiades_mystery May 2015 #10

The supermaxes cannot close fast enough. morningfog May 2015 #11

It's a horror alcibiades_mystery May 2015 #12

Tsarnev lucked out with the death penalty by not going to supermax WestSideStory May 2015 #14

" the Dubya Bush administration, who was a blood thirsty sociopath" former9thward May 2015 #13

Three. morningfog May 2015 #18

McVeigh and Juan Garza in 2001, Louis Jones Jr in 2003. NuclearDem May 2015 #20

Exactly. former9thward May 2015 #21

add 152 if you want to count while he was governor of texas. unblock May 2015 #27

The OP was about federal executions so I won't add anything. former9thward May 2015 #32

Three were executed under bush, the only three since 1963. morningfog May 2015 #34

You oppose Tim McVeigh dying? former9thward May 2015 #36

My personal and absolute opposition to the DP is not the point of morningfog May 2015 #37

House him in the general population while he appeals. TheCowsCameHome May 2015 #15

humane execution is an oxymoron Major Nikon May 2015 #16

Agreed. Cassidy1 May 2015 #24

True those are the worst examples Major Nikon May 2015 #25

I agree Cassidy1 May 2015 #26

An imperfect justice system insures innocent people will eventually die Major Nikon May 2015 #28

Yes. Cassidy1 May 2015 #29

That's fine. bigwillq May 2015 #17

I'm not sure. Cassidy1 May 2015 #23

Timothy McVeigh was executed in Federal prison DeadEyeDyck May 2015 #30

Yes, I know. morningfog May 2015 #31

I hope you are right. The DP is barbaric and it needs to be federally abolished. darkangel218 May 2015 #33

If we are going allow the state the power to execute, then make it worth something. MindPilot May 2015 #35