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raising2moredems

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10. Why does he get a quick exit from earth?

Reply to Dial H For Hero (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 28, 2022, 11:57 PM

Jan 2022

I for one think life in prison with no chance for parole is a far better punishment. I am not anti-death penalty but there are very few circumstances where I think it is the consequences for the action. The death penalty is not a deterrent. And soon there will be no source of the chemicals needed for lethal injection.

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5-4 Supreme Court clears the way for Alabama execution [View all] Polybius Jan 2022 OP

How sad to be blood thirsty. BeckyDem Jan 2022 #1

Disgusting, hateful, and murderous. Hope Kavanaugh had a few beers to celebrate. George II Jan 2022 #2

He shot a man in the neck who'd stopped to help him on the road, then went to a party where he Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #3

Why does he get a quick exit from earth? raising2moredems Jan 2022 #10

Given how few of those sentenced to life in prison kill themselves, Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #12

No. Firing squad. jmowreader Jan 2022 #18

How do SCOTUS justices do this?! PJMcK Jan 2022 #4

go live in N.K. & then tell me we live in a barbaric society ?? monkeyman1 Jan 2022 #9

"You people"? PJMcK Jan 2022 #14

You're setting a damn low bar, there. moriah Jan 2022 #17

Sirota, gray, West, Sarandon, etc. have blood on their hands for encouraging people not JohnSJ Jan 2022 #5

Apparently, the history of executions in Alabama by lethal injection is pretty grotesque 70sEraVet Jan 2022 #6

13 hour execution? Ugh. Better off with a firing squad or guillotine instead. nt TigressDem Jan 2022 #11

Oh, crap. I just re-read the link I posted. 13 MINUTE execution! 70sEraVet Jan 2022 #16

5 of the 6 Catholics on the court..... UGADawg Jan 2022 #7

Extremely valid point. maxsolomon Jan 2022 #8

Pretty slick kaotikross Jan 2022 #13

nitrogen is not nitrous oxide dingosatemyusername Jan 2022 #15