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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:09 AM Original message |
Texas executes man who raped, killed 93-year-old |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. As it should be. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Yes. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. good. that poor woman. 93 tears old. what a terrible way to finish her life. |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I don't know why, but no. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Bloody hell, his "explanation" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. America's love affair with the Code of Hammurabi, going strong. |
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nutshell2002 (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. "An eye for an eye... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yes Welcome to DU, nutshell2002. |
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Morrisons Ghost (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Yes maybe |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. see, what i try to imagine is the perspective of a 93 yo woman... |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. So you agree with the US engaging in torture at Guantanomo? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. It's the exact same thing. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Then we should be exterminating the ones who TORTURING... |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I guess I didn't make my point clear. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
38. What a stupid thing to say |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
60. Not in the least. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
65. Well, the difference there is that nobody at Gitmo has been convicted of a crime |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It's easy to support innoncent people. That isn't the measure of a civil society. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. ok. i have always respected your posts. we disagree on this issue... |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
70. Meet us half way. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
44. I agree |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Ah, But That Is The Sign Of Conscience, Is It Not? |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. All those who love killing will rejoice. |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. "Yay! He raped and killed and old lady! Let's invite him for tea" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. God, is that you? |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Yep, you who delight in murder always use such a deranged "logic" to justify your sickness. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Deleted sub-thread |
1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. ok. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. So, you'd be "interested" in a conversation about a grandmother being raped? |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. If you support murdering this guy only because you are driven into irrational hate by the sufferring |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
47. Yes its true that I hate rapists and murderers. |
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samuraiguppy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
13. it is horrible--but how can we support the |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Innocent people don't suffer under our death penalty. They are murdered. n/t |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. and guilty people, as in this case, get what they deserve. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Deleted sub-thread |
renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
23. I'm not glad, not sad... I just don't care |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
26. so on death row, you're isolated from the general prison population, |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
29. I have to admit my first response was...good. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
30. While I can absolutely agree that this was an unspeakable crime, |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Yeah, right, put them in isolation and let our tax dollars support them. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I'm sorry but you're flat wrong. The DP costs more than |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. You know what? |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #48 |
73. You should listen to Cali. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Our tax dollars get spent either way. More of them get spent |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #33 |
57. Tax Dollars? |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
62. What kills me is that there are so many people who'd never hurt a soul |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Nor can I. State sponsored killing is wrong in every instance. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
36. Since there is no question of guilt, it's a good use of the DP |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Yes, but in order to to have that use of the DP in place |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Yes, we've probably killed innocents |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. But that's not possible. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Nothing in life is fool proof. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Making it very rare isn't enought when it comes to the DP, because it isn't reversible. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #36 |
58. Unless you've checked the evidence yourself, in detail, you can't know that. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Wow, I never thought it would happen |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
40. Death Penalty is Wrong |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #40 |
50. "Wrong" is subjective |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
41. The death penalty is wrong, in all cases... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Why is it "wrong"? |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
45. I don't support the death penalty, but that doesn't mean I like killers. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
46. adios mofo -- if you do go to heaven, I hope Jesus goes Kung-fu on your ass. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
53. They should have given him life in prison. Then he would have gotten to see |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
55. What about all the people who didn't murder grandmothers who get executed? |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
59. Boo, Hoo, Hoo! |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
61. This proves that capital punishment does not work n/t |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. It does work - He will never do it again. nt. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Those the state killed prior to this did not prevent this man from killing... |
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bsdetector (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
67. Good. It's not as if there was any doubt he did it. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
68. What is with Texas? |
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Norwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
69. Good |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
71. A great Litmus Test thread |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
72. dp threads are like flypaper. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
74. The State should not have the power to take its citizens' lives.... |
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