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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    fife wrote:
    ed243421 wrote:
    i'm only talking about the 100% cases
    the dna cases
    the full admittance cases

    those cases are very rare.

    I don't know the numbers either, but I have read many times that those cases are a minority.
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  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    fife wrote:
    but could you not say that no punishment will ever bring that person back? should we just let everyone go just because it doesn't bring some one back. I am not for the death penalty for one reason. if you find out your wrong you can't bring that person back.

    uhhh ... i'm not too sure what you are getting at ... i've never advocated that there be lawlessness ...
  • ed243421ed243421 Posts: 7,672
    know1 wrote:
    Shawshank wrote:
    If someone ever killed my wife and kids, that person would die one way or the other. Would it bring back my family? No. Would it make me feel at least a little better that he wasn't breathing the same air as me, seeing the same sun as me, bathed in the same moon as me? Yes.

    I think holding this view is pathetically sad.

    sad is having your family murdered
    wanting your familys' murderer to recieve equal treatment is human
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    know1 wrote:
    Let's face it, murdering someone else is not going to make you feel better. The only thing that will make you feel better is finding a way to come to peace with what's happened.

    Too true... well it might make some people feel better in the immediate aftermath of losing a loved one, but I'd be surprised if that feeling lasted 5 years.. ten years later...
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    know1 wrote:
    Let's face it, murdering someone else is not going to make you feel better. The only thing that will make you feel better is finding a way to come to peace with what's happened.

    Too true... well it might make some people feel better in the immediate aftermath of losing a loved one, but I'd be surprised if that feeling lasted 5 years.. ten years later...

    Worth a try :lol:
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    ed243421 wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    Shawshank wrote:
    If someone ever killed my wife and kids, that person would die one way or the other. Would it bring back my family? No. Would it make me feel at least a little better that he wasn't breathing the same air as me, seeing the same sun as me, bathed in the same moon as me? Yes.

    I think holding this view is pathetically sad.

    sad is having your family murdered
    wanting your familys' murderer to recieve equal treatment is human

    I strongly disagree.

    Can anyone really, really, with a straight face believe that revenge killing is a good thing?
    The only people we should try to get even with...
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    see me previous post
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    know1 wrote:
    I strongly disagree.

    Can anyone really, really, with a straight face believe that revenge killing is a good thing?
    i can and 100% believe it is fantastic.

    cold blooded killers caught red handed...
    rapists caught red handed...
    evil ass bullshit...

    "out of order" will be a sign placed on their foreheads.
    their tombstones will read...and i quote,
    "i was an evil prick, so they laid me to rest."

    end of story.
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  • ed243421ed243421 Posts: 7,672
    to those who said i made prison sound "too rosy"
    please tell me where i did that
    it is what it is
    are you in denial
    tell us what YOU think an average prison-day-in-the-life of a murder 1 convict is like
    whatever it is is better treatment than their victim(s) got
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  • Boxes&BooksBoxes&Books USA Posts: 2,672
    ed243421 wrote:
    to those who said i made prison sound "too rosy"
    please tell me where i did that
    it is what it is
    are you in denial
    tell us what YOU think an average prison-day-in-the-life of a murder 1 convict is like
    whatever it is is better treatment than their victim(s) got

    and you believe that killing people should get you years in prison, rent free, 3 meals a day, free health club, a library,a chance to get your degree, all the prison sex you could want, a nice walk outside everyday, and hundreds of crazy women writing you everyday with marriage proposals?


    This kind of seems like your talking luxury
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    ive worked w/ more than a few guys who have been in prison, it's not nearly as bad as people percieve from what i take, yes you've lost your freedom , you can't say when or what you want to do, no women, but once you become accustomed to that, it can be cathartic, the regiment and programs and learning become your life, i've heard a lot of postitive things from people who needed prison to turn there life around. Also my dad was a Correction Officer for 35 years, so i've heard my share of prison stories. But some M.F.er's just NEED to die.
  • killing a murderer? i got no problem with that.

    letting our pathetic court system decide who's the murderer and execute them? no way.
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    MrSmith wrote:
    killing a murderer? i got no problem with that.

    letting our pathetic court system decide who's the murderer and execute them? no way.


    Hmm, nice point.
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    KO282453 wrote:
    ive worked w/ more than a few guys who have been in prison, it's not nearly as bad as people percieve from what i take, yes you've lost your freedom , you can't say when or what you want to do, no women, but once you become accustomed to that, it can be cathartic, the regiment and programs and learning become your life, i've heard a lot of postitive things from people who needed prison to turn there life around. Also my dad was a Correction Officer for 35 years, so i've heard my share of prison stories. But some M.F.er's just NEED to die.
    we have something in common.
    dad was a guard for 30 years.
    lots of bad stories.
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I oppose the Death Penalty

    But I also oppose rehabilitation for Murderers unless they've already been diagnosed with some sort of Mental disorder.

    I think cold blooded killers should be locked up without TV's, Gym Membership & 3 good meals. They should be in tiny cheap cells with and be fed bread, grits, salad, and water and be forced to do manual labor.

    These people should not cost the taxpayer one cent.
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  • __ Posts: 6,651
    polaris_x wrote:
    ed243421 wrote:
    inhumane?
    let's take a walk in someone else's shoes for a moment
    let us say polaris, you have a child, and some "human" murders that child.
    and you happen to live in a state that will give this "human" the death penalty
    would you really feel that would be a inhumane act to put him or her to death?
    which of the two is the "real" inhumane act?
    i feel when someone murders another, that someone has lost all rights
    all we have in this life is our life
    one chance
    how is it you can feel that if one person murders another, the murderer has any rights
    i do not

    although i answer hypothetically ... as know one truly knows how they would react ... i say that i would still be against the death penalty ... it's a value-based answer ... i don't support wars ... i don't support sanctions on civilians ... it's not a matter of whether this individual has a right to live ... simply that killing this person does nothing except perpetuate that killing someone is ok ...

    your point of view is fairly narrow ... i mean how do you define murder? ... what do you call it when an army drops bombs on civilians? ... no one ever asks for the death penalty against the general who called for the air strike ...

    there is context to everything ... circumstances we may or may not understand ... in the end, you have to ask yourself what kind of world do you want to live in? ... a world where death is the solution to all that ails us? ... or one that is based on compassion?

    Excellent post. Especially that last part.
  • __ Posts: 6,651
    Here is an alternative to the death penalty:

    For all violent crime offenders (murder, rape, etc) we set aside a few hundred square miles of land somewhere in some wasteland... NM... and fence it off. They can set up their own society within those walls and continue to kill and rape each other if they want. No more need for prisons or discussions of the death penalty. Problem solved.

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  • __ Posts: 6,651
    chadwick wrote:
    hitler & his monsters... why didn't anyone stop it way before it got out of hand?

    Because they lived in a society that believed state-sanctioned killing was acceptable.
  • Boxes&BooksBoxes&Books USA Posts: 2,672
    scb wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    hitler & his monsters... why didn't anyone stop it way before it got out of hand?

    Because they lived in a society that believed state-sanctioned killing was acceptable.

    Damn She's Good!!

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Here is an alternative to the death penalty:

    For all violent crime offenders (murder, rape, etc) we set aside a few hundred square miles of land somewhere in some wasteland (somewhere in Texas or NM or Oklahoma) and fence it off. They can set up their own society within those walls and continue to kill and rape each other if they want. No more need for prisons or discussions of the death penalty. Problem solved.

    Seems like this was done once in history. I little island called Australia if I recall correctly. Didn't quite turn out as they had hoped. :D


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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    scb wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    hitler & his monsters... why didn't anyone stop it way before it got out of hand?

    Because they lived in a society that believed state-sanctioned killing was acceptable.


    do you know why they believed state-sanctioned killing was acceptable ?

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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504

    I watched this on the news and skimmed through the article you posted, did this guy request the firing squad ?
    I remember another execution when the inmate requested a firing squad, just curious.

    Godfather.
  • murphyJammermurphyJammer Posts: 120
    Once again, I think that death penalty is the easy way out for these sick fucks...

    Put him him a tiny cell with pictures of the crime scene on the walls of his children he killed... see if that drives him insane. Only let him out to get gang raped and beat by other prisoners.


    I agree with the death penalty being an easy way out. You lose me when you advocate treating criminals like animals. It always surprises me when people want to let prisoners beat, rape, and murder each other, but then lament prisoners behaving like animals and not being rehabilitated.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Godfather. wrote:

    I watched this on the news and skimmed through the article you posted, did this guy request the firing squad ?
    I remember another execution when the inmate requested a firing squad, just curious.

    Godfather.
    Yeah he requested it, the punishment was grandfathered.
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  • Eliot RosewaterEliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    I live in Utah, where the state just executed a man by firing squad a little over a day ago. It made me sad. "Civilized" humans killing another.

    The way I see it - killing another human being is wrong. Whether it's a man killing his wife and kids or the state of Utah carrying out a sentence from 25 years ago. Killing another human being is morally wrong. I don't see how so many people can see it any other way. The local polls before the execution were ridiculous. Like 82% of these fuck sticks in Utah believe that execution by firing squad is humane....

    And I say to myself....what a wonderful world :roll:
  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    the idea of not having capital punishment isn't to protect the people like this man, its to protect the ones who are innocent.... if 9 people are killed for crimes and one for a crime he didn't commit, does it justify killing that one man so that the other 9 are "brought to justice"?
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    haffajappa wrote:
    the idea of not having capital punishment isn't to protect the people like this man, its to protect the ones who are innocent.... if 9 people are killed for crimes and one for a crime he didn't commit, does it justify killing that one man so that the other 9 are "brought to justice"?

    if I buy 10 big mac's and only eat 9 is worth buying 10 of them at all. :lol:

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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Godfather. wrote:

    I watched this on the news and skimmed through the article you posted, did this guy request the firing squad ?
    I remember another execution when the inmate requested a firing squad, just curious.

    Godfather.
    Yeah he requested it, the punishment was grandfathered.

    thanks.

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