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In reply to the discussion: 10 year old drugged, raped, killed [View all]killbotfactory
(13,566 posts)28. Typically, they were horribly abused as children themselves.
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The death penalty would have prevented this from happening, or happening again?
LanternWaste
Aug 2016
#6
Maybe... if they started carrying out the sentences swiftly & surely, and possibly even
Ghost in the Machine
Aug 2016
#68
Nope. It has been shown a zillion times that the death penalty is not a deterrent. (nt)
HERVEPA
Aug 2016
#26
Yeh. Kill people who kill people to show killing people is wrong. Makes a lot of sense.
HERVEPA
Aug 2016
#37
Even though the thought of the DP is satisfying in his case, it's not the answer.
Laffy Kat
Aug 2016
#64
Or, "Innocent life is so very precious; if you willfully take it, your own life is forfeit."
jonno99
Aug 2016
#78
I don't support the death penalty, but some stink knows how to work the system.
Eleanors38
Aug 2016
#12
I've always wondered why people who don't believe in a god try to take that comfort away from others
renate
Aug 2016
#44
Hell yes. Especially when people act like you do towards other people.
AgadorSparticus
Aug 2016
#111
For those 3, I envision those growling, stretching shadows grasping the evil in "Ghosts."
Eleanors38
Aug 2016
#7
People get their fix regardless of the laws. More people get killed because of the illegality.
HERVEPA
Aug 2016
#40
They injected to child with meth before she was sexually assaulted then stabbed in the stomach and
Person 2713
Aug 2016
#25
It gets even sicker if that is possible- mother said she watched for her own" sexual gratification"
womanofthehills
Aug 2016
#115
I don't even understand that and am glad I don't. If you wondering why the man has a black eye
Person 2713
Aug 2016
#116
From your link: WARNING: Story contains details that may be disturbing to some
GreatCaesarsGhost
Aug 2016
#58
"Their punishment the next day was Krispy Kremes, chocolate milk and magazines"
left-of-center2012
Aug 2016
#61
Is it from drugs ? One article had police talking about meth problems in the community and
Person 2713
Aug 2016
#117