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Jefferson23

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1. There is no question, the error ratio is disturbing, BUT, for crying out loud, we should not

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Apr 30, 2014, 07:20 PM

Apr 2014

put to death any person for any crime.

God forbid we learn anything from other nations that abandoned the death penalty long ago.
We are so far behind, when are we going to actually invest in a true rehabilitation incarceration
program for all the other criminals who are eventually released.

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When the Death Penalty Turns Into Torture [View all] Judi Lynn Apr 2014 OP

There is no question, the error ratio is disturbing, BUT, for crying out loud, we should not Jefferson23 Apr 2014 #1

Or, as Sarah Palin calls it, "baptism." blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #2

What a profoundly sick society we are. radiclib Apr 2014 #3