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Frederik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 04:18 AM
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32. The death penalty does not belong
in a civilized society. Most of the planet has realized this long ago, but a few laggards still remain, such as China, Japan, the US, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The idea that the state should have the right to kill people as "retribution" is deeply illiberal.

The death penalty is also unconstitutional, as it clearly constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment" in the context of today's Western world.

In Europe, reinstating the death penalty is unthinkable, and if a member of the EU should do that, it would probably be excluded from the European Union.
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  - I am opposed to the death penalty but...  Bluzmann57   May-08-05 09:37 PM   #1 
  - I understand your Rage but I still believe in treating everyone..  BlueJazz   May-08-05 09:46 PM   #2 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   May-08-05 09:55 PM   #3 
  - I fail to see what the action of giving you my address ....  BlueJazz   May-08-05 10:55 PM   #9 
  - yeah...that makes sense-  LiberallyInclined   May-08-05 11:01 PM   #10 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   May-08-05 11:34 PM   #11 
     - see YA  saigon68   May-11-05 03:01 AM   #28 
  - No one was complaining on the way up.  wmills551   May-09-05 03:59 AM   #15 
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     - Bullshit, they were locked into those accounts, after being lied to  DS1   May-09-05 05:31 PM   #18 
        - Enron stock  wmills551   May-09-05 10:45 PM   #23 
           - Sniff. Sniff.  TheWatcher   May-11-05 02:47 AM   #24 
              - I smell something, too.  Psephos   May-11-05 02:56 AM   #26 
              - Thanks  wmills551   May-11-05 04:08 AM   #31 
              - You must have a 401-K  wmills551   May-11-05 03:58 AM   #29 
  - ADIOS  saigon68   May-11-05 03:00 AM   #27 
  - The Innocent and Wrongfully Convicted  thecai   May-09-05 10:07 PM   #22 
  - So it's fair to say  Astrad   May-08-05 09:56 PM   #4 
  - You ask if I don't believe in redemption  Bluzmann57   May-08-05 10:22 PM   #7 
  - Hi Astrad!!  newyawker99   May-09-05 01:47 PM   #16 
  - I agree that life without parole should replace the death penalty-  LiberallyInclined   May-08-05 09:57 PM   #5 
  - Let death pentalty be purely "Voluntary"  nine30   May-08-05 10:37 PM   #8 
  - Don't lose your dignity  sandnsea   May-11-05 04:07 AM   #30 
  - The view from here...  TreasonousBastard   May-08-05 10:01 PM   #6 
  - Despicable Prison Conditions...  thecai   May-08-05 11:55 PM   #12 
  - Profit?  wmills551   May-09-05 03:47 AM   #14 
     - The stockholders of the for-profit prisons are often those in position  Lars39   May-09-05 05:38 PM   #19 
     - Many Own Stock In CCA  thecai   May-09-05 10:04 PM   #21 
     - Prison Profits  thecai   May-09-05 05:38 PM   #20 
     - Wow. There's that smell AGAIN.  TheWatcher   May-11-05 02:49 AM   #25 
  - Life in prison is worse than being killed.  KissMyAsscroft   May-09-05 12:52 AM   #13 
  - The death penalty does not belong  Frederik   May-11-05 04:18 AM   #32 
 

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