Re: is anyone here against capital punishment?
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:49 pm
Nope. Off him. While we're at it, off Jim Delany too. Hell, let's just off the entire hierarchy of college football. That'd make for an excellent start.
Agreed, behind the court house in front of a firing squad.War Wagon wrote:Eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
If you are convicted of 1st degree murder, you should be shot right after you leave the courtroom. No appeals, no spending 20 years on death row.
"As a nation"?88 wrote:And if, as a nation, we decide some day to end capital punishment
War Wagon wrote:Eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
If you are convicted of 1st degree murder, you should be shot right after you leave the courtroom. No appeals, no spending 20 years on death row.
Van wrote:That's the New Testament. We're advised to take that one literally, while merely giggling as we parse through the children's fables of the Old Testament.
How about just a severe beating for first offenders?Van wrote:
Hell, people who merely wear their pants below their ass - who aren't good looking women - wouldn't escape my Grim Reaper. :twisted:
Confucius say: Better to be Omega Man than Omegaverb.Papa Willie wrote:My ambition is to own a tank and just go down the road blowing away people I don't like the looks of. Then again - I'd be the Omega Man after about 2 weeks of that.
I'm a constitutional conservative.Not surprisingly, it's the liberal, bleeding heart faggots on this forum that are against the death penalty in this case
I say we defer the costs of execution by selling viewing tickets to the general public. Back in the day, public executions were quite common. Why do we want to do it in secret, invitation only chambers?R-Jack wrote:I could care less about the rights of death row inmates. They earned their ticket.
However, my bloodlust only goes so far. If it costs taxpayers more to put the piece of shit to death than to let him spend his life behind bars, I say they ain't worth it.
If the guy has expressed desire to be put down like a dog, I'm all for a hearty "fuck you" and letting him rot in his cell.
poptart wrote:I'm a constitutional conservative.Not surprisingly, it's the liberal, bleeding heart faggots on this forum that are against the death penalty in this case
We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Unalienable right to life.
Do you know the meaning of the word unalienable?
You want the state to deny life?
Well, I'll be.
Why do you hate the declaration of independence?
Liberal puke.
:wink:
Pretty much the main reason it was banned in the commonwealth. Public execution came to be viewed as a power play, a form of humiliation and taunting when one of your own was put to death by the higher-ups. Crowds stopped being enthused and just got really, really pissed off.H4ever wrote: I say we defer the costs of execution by selling viewing tickets to the general public. Back in the day, public executions were quite common. Why do we want to do it in secret, invitation only chambers?
I have searched this extensively and there is not a single case of a proven wrongful execution since the Death Penalty was reinstated in the early 70's.88 wrote:I'm not opposed to capital punishment, even if it means an innocent person gets killed once in a while.
RACK. Problem is, they can't give the death penalty for child rape, in fact the rules are becoming so stringent on who can be executed that it is almost impossible to actually get it carried out. One of my legal professors was in on getting the Supreme Court ruling that nobody can be executed who committed their crime under the age of 18, that was a MO case. The dude just wanted to know what it was like to kill someone and duct taped some lady's head and threw her off a bridge about 10 miles from where I live, even telling his accomplices they would never get the death penalty even if they got caught because they were juveniles. She fucking disgusts me. I used to melt her down by making right-wing comments in class all the time.88 wrote:(premeditated murder, serial murder, murder against law enforcement officers etc., child rape etc.) where capital punishment is carried out upon conviction. You do something like that, then society has the right to punch your ticket to life permanently. Is it a deterrent? Who gives a fuck? It is a punishment, plain and simple.
Hmm... I remember that incident, it wasn't that long ago.Lillian Vernon wrote: One of my legal professors was in on getting the Supreme Court ruling that nobody can be executed who committed their crime under the age of 18, that was a MO case. The dude just wanted to know what it was like to kill someone and duct taped some lady's head and threw her off a bridge about 10 miles from where I live, even telling his accomplices they would never get the death penalty even if they got caught because they were juveniles.
My money is on right outside of Mexico, Missouri where the Military Academy boys have had their way with her for a number of years.War Wagon wrote:Hmm... I remember that incident, it wasn't that long ago.Lillian Vernon wrote: One of my legal professors was in on getting the Supreme Court ruling that nobody can be executed who committed their crime under the age of 18, that was a MO case. The dude just wanted to know what it was like to kill someone and duct taped some lady's head and threw her off a bridge about 10 miles from where I live, even telling his accomplices they would never get the death penalty even if they got caught because they were juveniles.
Where do you live?
More on the story here... http://websolutions.learfield.com/death ... 60AA633B76US Supreme Court prohibits death penalty for juvinile killer. (March 1, 2005) The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Missouri Supreme Court case involving death penalty eligibility for minors. At issue was the case of Christopher Simmons, who was 17-years-old when he kidnapped neighbor Shirley Crook in 1993, tied her, and threw her off a bridge in St. Louis County. Prosecutors claimed Simmons had boasted that because of his age he could get away with killing the woman. Initially, Simmons was sentenced to death, but his attorneys argued he should not be executed because of his age at the time of the killing. The State Supreme Court agreed. It set aside Simmons' death sentence and resentenced him to life in prison with no chance for probation or parole. The US Supeme Court has ruled the Missouri Supreme Court took the appropriate action. In making its ruling, the court has barred the death penalty for all killers throughout the country who were under the age of 18 when they committed their crimes.
You're not, like, Bace's ex-girlfriend sent here to haunt me, right? :?Lillian Vernon wrote:It happened in Castlewood Park in West St. Louis County, less than 10 miles from where I live.
Sounds like fun, but I'd probably wear them all out.SunCoastSooner wrote:My money is on right outside of Mexico, Missouri where the Military Academy boys have had their way with her for a number of years.
And Katy does a :fistbump:Lillian Vernon wrote:Sounds like fun, but I'd probably wear them all out.SunCoastSooner wrote:My money is on right outside of Mexico, Missouri where the Military Academy boys have had their way with her for a number of years.
She may be a keeper after all...Lillian Vernon wrote:Sounds like fun, but I'd probably wear them all out.SunCoastSooner wrote:My money is on right outside of Mexico, Missouri where the Military Academy boys have had their way with her for a number of years.
Jsc810 wrote: I heard he only asked for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Yea, and he should have ordered some desert. I would have grabbed a couple of pints of Ben & Jerry's at least. It's not like he'll have to worry about feeling all bloated the next day.Mikey wrote:What a dumbshit. You gotta have a lot of cold milk with that or it's just no good.Jsc810 wrote: I heard he only asked for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Oh I'm sure he'd be happy to take one for the team.Onions wrote:"I'm not opposed to capital punishment, even if it means an innocent person gets killed once in a while"
and if that innocent person happens to be you? or your husband? or your kid? or your friend?
what then dumbfukk?
hypocrite much?
Jsc810 wrote:the rest of my life.
You trust in the system? Are you fucking high?88 wrote:Not at all. But if you trust in the system, as I do, you would recognize the near impossibility of an innocent man being executed. I don't hide under my desk because I might get struck by lightning, even though I know I'm substantially more likely to be put to death from lightning than by an innocent man is of being executed.BSmack wrote:Oh I'm sure he'd be happy to take one for the team.
Jesus fucking Christ Pollyanna, take off the rose colored shades. Not that I should be surprised that someone who has personally benefited from the justice system as it is currently constituted would be loathe to consider its capricious nature. Here's something to chew on.88 wrote:Educate me, BSmack. I have spent nearly my entire adult life working in the system. The judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys etc. have always been professional. Why shouldn't I trust the system. Have you got some special glasses that let you see things I cannot see?BSmack wrote:You trust in the system? Are you fucking high?