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In reply to the discussion: 46yr old man raped and murdered an 11month old baby.. [View all]Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)81. I kinda think like this too
I do think some people don't deserve to live amongst us. But until the process of finding guilt is infallible and until the process is infallible, I don't see how I can support it.
I hear beheading is quick and painless....but until everyone who is required to place their neck on the chopping block can be proven to be 100% guilty, no one should be approaching the chopping block.
I have heard of the rare case when a criminal does NOT want to appeal, they feel enough guilt that they don't want to live, and this it is just punichment for what they have done....I wonder why we force them to go through years of appeals anyway?
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And yet death row inmate after inmate fight to live in such an environment rather than die.
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#33
You'd kill someone who killed because of a recognised mental illness?
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
#65
True but I wouldn't be able to live right until I saw dead him if it was my child he did it to
oneofthe99
Apr 2014
#7
I find it implausible to believe that anyone chooses to have such compulsions
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2014
#9
No, rehabilitate him with kind words and hugs. Prison is tourture. All men should be free
951-Riverside
Apr 2014
#11
It's not a straw man at all. Surely you agree that taking away a person's freedom is inhumane
951-Riverside
Apr 2014
#19
Depriving him of his freedom isnt going to bring the baby back. End this barbaric practice.
951-Riverside
Apr 2014
#34
Prison is torture. Kind words, hugs, therapy and a job is much more effective for this man.
951-Riverside
Apr 2014
#41
It's not about the criminal; it's about the people who make and enforce the laws.
surrealAmerican
Apr 2014
#16
You should start a movement calling for an amendment to the Constitution
Estrella Fugaz
May 2014
#75
Should an individual's personal feelings have anything to do with legislation?
RedCappedBandit
Apr 2014
#31
If you can't muster any empathy for this guy, try to muster some for an innocent person...
Hippo_Tron
Apr 2014
#32
Do you have stats on how many murders have been committed by death rom inmates?
morningfog
May 2014
#74
I would understand (but still disagree with) your argument if we were 100% certain he was guilty
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#51
My opposition to the death penalty has just about nothing to do with compassion
Jackpine Radical
Apr 2014
#55
As long as we've been executing people in the US you'd think we could be better at it
tularetom
May 2014
#80