Death Penalty

A1Jay · Post by **A1Jay** » March 22, 2005 1:07 pm

With all this talk on Terri Schiavo .....I am more concerned on on that friggin' degenerate that killed the 9yr old Lunsford in Florida!

I have a daughter so maybe I'm Biased BUT I think the piece of crap should be SHOT!

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » March 22, 2005 1:10 pm

100% in favor. My only problem with the death penalty is that it is not used enough.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 22, 2005 1:10 pm

I don't think being against the death penalty implies AT ALL that anyone can be rehabilitated. Your poll doesn't have enough choices.

a1aara · Post by **a1aara** » March 22, 2005 1:15 pm

I don't understand why a child molester is ever given a chance to molest or murder another child. Kill them. Don't ever give them a chance to harm other children. Child molesters are no good for society.

Did anyone see what happened to the child molester in Iran last week?

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » March 22, 2005 1:18 pm

buffettbride wrote:I don't think being against the death penalty implies AT ALL that anyone can be rehabilitated. Your poll doesn't have enough choices.

I concur.

olemissbrad · Post by **olemissbrad** » March 22, 2005 1:19 pm

We could feed them to the French!!!

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » March 22, 2005 1:20 pm

olemissbrad wrote:We could feed them to the French!!!

Oooh!!! Now there's a great idea!!!

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » March 22, 2005 1:23 pm

I grew up in a world of magnolias, ice tea and feeling safe when I played outside. . . .

I woke up from that dream world on Sept. 11, 2001. . .

perhaps my views are too strong, but not for me. . . I would have no issue with every pedophile being "removed " from this world. . .

I no longer believe that everyone should be treated as an equal . .

PalmettoSon · Post by **PalmettoSon** » March 22, 2005 1:23 pm

It's not about rehabilitation. Is it our place to decide whether or not someone deserves to die? I say life in prison, no chance of parole, let God sort it out when it's time.

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » March 22, 2005 1:28 pm

PalmettoSon wrote:It's not about rehabilitation. Is it our place to decide whether or not someone deserves to die? I say life in prison, no chance of parole, let God sort it out when it's time.

Simple as that for me too.

And spare me the " and let them live their lives in prison on the taxpayer's dime?" b.s. Everyone knows it costs taxpayers more to put someone on death row with the multiple appeals, etc, then it does to keep them in prison for life.

Prison work camps anyone?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 22, 2005 1:30 pm

balcony girls wrote:
I no longer believe that everyone should be treated as an equal . .

But because we are Americans, our Constitution guarantees it. And I wouldn't want it any other way. I agree with some of your frustrations, and being the mother of a young daughter, I sometimes cringe when I hear my own self think, but no matter how unforgivable a crime may be, it's not up to me to decide if they live or die.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 22, 2005 1:32 pm

iuparrothead wrote:
Prison work camps anyone?

In a lot of cases, yes. The ickiest ones, though should just be fed to the general population in a thong from Target.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » March 22, 2005 1:33 pm

Like I said, 100% in favor of the death penalty. However, I don't kid myself with terms like "deterrent" or "cost effective". I believe the way I do simply because I feel that when a person commits certain heinous acts (and I would love to broaden the definition of a capital crime, BTW), the perpetrator simply forfeits his right to share my oxygen.

You know why it's more expensive to execute a murderer than to imprison him for life? Because it is worth it!

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » March 22, 2005 1:38 pm

rednekkPH wrote:You know why it's more expensive to execute a murderer than to imprison him for life? Because it is worth it!

That's a fair position to have and I don't discredit you for it, but what if an innocent person is executed? IMO, if one, single, solitary innocent person is executed for a crime they did not commit (which we know has been done), then it is wrong & immoral. I mean, we're talking about death here... ending a person's life on probable guilt. Humans are fallible, and juries are made up of humans... and they can & have been wrong.

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » March 22, 2005 1:40 pm

buffettbride wrote:[ I sometimes cringe when I hear my own self think, but no matter how unforgivable a crime may be, it's not up to me to decide if they live or die.

unless you're on the jury

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 22, 2005 1:41 pm

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:
buffettbride wrote:[ I sometimes cringe when I hear my own self think, but no matter how unforgivable a crime may be, it's not up to me to decide if they live or die.
unless you're on the jury

But I don't even think that offer should ever be on the table. I could never serve on such a jury.

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » March 22, 2005 1:42 pm

buffettbride wrote:
iuparrothead wrote:
Prison work camps anyone?
In a lot of cases, yes. The ickiest ones, though should just be fed to the general population in a thong from Target.

HEY!!! What's wrong with thongs from Target!?!?!?

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » March 22, 2005 1:42 pm

iuparrothead wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:You know why it's more expensive to execute a murderer than to imprison him for life? Because it is worth it!
That's a fair position to have and I don't discredit you for it, but what if an innocent person is executed? IMO, if one, single, solitary innocent person is executed for a crime they did not commit (which we know has been done), then it is wrong & immoral. I mean, we're talking about death here... ending a person's life on probable guilt. Humans are fallible, and juries are made up of humans... and they can & have been wrong.

what would you do with a prisoner serving a life sentence w/o the chance of parole who then murdered a prison guard?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 22, 2005 1:43 pm

iuparrothead wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
iuparrothead wrote:
Prison work camps anyone?
In a lot of cases, yes. The ickiest ones, though should just be fed to the general population in a thong from Target.
HEY!!! What's wrong with thongs from Target!?!?!?

Nothing at all sweet Ann.

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » March 22, 2005 1:44 pm

buffettbride wrote:
AlbatrossFlyer wrote:
buffettbride wrote:[ I sometimes cringe when I hear my own self think, but no matter how unforgivable a crime may be, it's not up to me to decide if they live or die.
unless you're on the jury
But I don't even think that offer should ever be on the table. I could never serve on such a jury.

you might not get excused

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