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Not pro-death penalty. crim son Feb 2013 #1
we've had multiple convicted rapists declared innocent in the past few years CreekDog Feb 2013 #10
where? In India? SemperEadem Feb 2013 #13
Is there a big chance of a conviction in India? musical_soul Feb 2013 #27
I guess he never read "To Kill A Mockingbird". KamaAina Feb 2013 #2
i dont think jim-crow reasoning is behind this ruling at all La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2013 #3
The death penalty for anything except murder is backwards KamaAina Feb 2013 #6
that's your opinion. i think the death penalty is backwards regardless La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2013 #7
Well, okay, the death penalty for not-murder is even more backwards KamaAina Feb 2013 #16
why? there are several instances in which murder is justified La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2013 #20
If it's justified, by definition, it's not murder KamaAina Feb 2013 #22
Successful false allegations of both occur Occulus Feb 2013 #25
it seems like you are arguing with yourself. i dont support the death penalty at all La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2013 #28
People survive rape. They don't survive murder FrodosPet Feb 2013 #30
i am not advocating death penalty for either. however i do not think murder is necessarily La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2013 #31
In this case, cosmicone Feb 2013 #18
I am not too fond of the death penalty cosmicone Feb 2013 #4
I agree 100% with this. nt. polly7 Feb 2013 #5
It will? 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2013 #8
Apples and oranges cosmicone Feb 2013 #17
Maybe not race, but probably caste FrodosPet Feb 2013 #29
All the rapists in this case are uppercaste. cosmicone Feb 2013 #32
I don't see the prevailing notion SemperEadem Feb 2013 #14
I am consistently anti-death penalty Trajan Feb 2013 #9
agreed La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2013 #19
This is pandering, not progressive politics. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #11
true La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2013 #21
One barbarity answered with another. :-/ n/t DeSwiss Feb 2013 #12
As an anti-death penalty woman I am conflicted on this. Rape is heinous, but so is death pen. n/t SylviaD Feb 2013 #15
Get rid of executions for all crimes. NYC Liberal Feb 2013 #23
I'm in favor. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #24
For the guy that ripped out that poor woman's intestines... dkf Feb 2013 #26
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