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In reply to the discussion: Texas to execute a woman, first in US since 2010 [View all]Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)13. Perhaps not everything, but the death penalty isn't a bad place to start
Reasonable doubt is not an absolute standard. Juries and judges are not infallible. Law enforcement is not free of corruption. As such is stands to reason that our justice system can and has executed innocent people. I think it makes a bit of sense to question the morality of that response as this would not apply equally to other punishments.
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So glad you've added this. Overwhelming. A real beacon of human rights, aren't we? Thank you. n/t
Judi Lynn
Jan 2013
#4
I think the map is about countries, not states or territories within the countries
lunatica
Jan 2013
#29
I find it much easier to think that the government is committing a heinous crime
lunatica
Jan 2013
#8
not everything that is a crime when an individual does it should be a crime when the govt does it
onenote
Jan 2013
#10
But that's a simplistic approach--of course it is against the law to kill, but what about
msanthrope
Jan 2013
#15
I'm not underestimating the powerful urge for vengeance. The vendettas of Southern Europe and
Cal33
Jan 2013
#31
What you say is true. At least there is a chance, however slight, of correcting the situation. But
Cal33
Jan 2013
#49
She's a serial killer, up for execution. No way she gets a pardon. I don't believe in the death
msanthrope
Jan 2013
#11
Indeed, she targeted friends of her mother, and her neighbor. She cut the ring off
msanthrope
Jan 2013
#20
at lest she won't have to live in Texas any longer. I would choose death over Texas.
olddad56
Jan 2013
#22
Texas is a horrible state to live in, at the local level politicans are so corrupt.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#26
Perry along with Texas are angels of death. PAINT THAT ON YOUR FAMILY ROCK PERRY.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#24
However, after wednesday she'll never feel pain again, but if she got life without
Auntie Bush
Jan 2013
#37