I'm 100% against the death penalty. (Reply #1)

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Fri May 15, 2015, 08:49 PM

onehandle (51,122 posts)

1. I'm 100% against the death penalty.

For all of your reasons and more.

Period.

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80 replies	Author	Time	Post
Thoughts on the Death Penalty [View all]	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	OP
I'm 100% against the death penalty.	onehandle	May 2015	#1
+1	daleanime	May 2015	#44
k&r	uppityperson	May 2015	#2
And then there was one less ten commandments	seveneyes	May 2015	#3
Those are the exact reasons I'm against the death penalty.	NuclearDem	May 2015	#4
Agree, but life in a supermax prison may be worse	JustABozoOnThisBus	May 2015	#5
Why a Supermax?	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#9
I have no reason, other than the debates on DU over the last few days.	JustABozoOnThisBus	May 2015	#10
23 hours a day of solitary confinement for life.	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#13
Here's what that "nothing" causes:	F4lconF16	May 2015	#39
The American Oubliette...	haikugal	May 2015	#58
it is torture	Voice for Peace	May 2015	#59
Close the supermax. End life without parole eligibility.	morningfog	May 2015	#11
Agree. Thank you. nt	F4lconF16	May 2015	#65
The Horror	seveneyes	May 2015	#15
+1	Jefferson23	May 2015	#6
I am against the death penalty, across the board	petronius	May 2015	#7
Across the Board	seveneyes	May 2015	#17
For decades it's been a fact that states without the death penalty have lower murder rates.........	George II	May 2015	#38
Correlation is not causation.	rogerashton	May 2015	#8
I'm quite aware of how to interpret a correlation.	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#12
Getting up off the floor literally	malaise	May 2015	#16
What if the murder rate in those states would be higher without the DP?	NotoriousRBG	May 2015	#19
Why might that be?	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#24
If only you had some peer reviewed evidence to back	phil89	May 2015	#20
Peer-reviewed evidence? WTF is that?	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#32
Makes sense to me, Doc. eom	rogerashton	May 2015	#66
Almost every other country in the world gets along just fine without a death penalty.	SheilaT	May 2015	#14
Almost every other country in the world gets along just fine with the USA picking up the defense tab	seveneyes	May 2015	#18
And how is that relevant to the death penalty?	SheilaT	May 2015	#21
So Goddamned relevant, it's often overlooked	seveneyes	May 2015	#22
Gosh. We have the death penalty so as to spare other countries from having it?	SheilaT	May 2015	#23
I trust we're dealing with a bit of	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#25
Yep. Well, maybe more irony than sarcasm. Especially when	SheilaT	May 2015	#27
I guess the notion is that we're the wholesale death merchants to the world.	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#29
Hmmm. I've been known to write science fiction,	SheilaT	May 2015	#33
Jeez, why not?	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#34
I've already written a story in which	SheilaT	May 2015	#35
I so want to read that.	F4lconF16	May 2015	#43
Sounds fascinating.	BeanMusical	May 2015	#51
Thanks for that.	SheilaT	May 2015	#57
It's so simple it is often ignored	seveneyes	May 2015	#26
Thanks for a great post!!!! +1000 nt	Logical	May 2015	#28
Ritualized Human Sacrifice.	Downwinder	May 2015	#30
100% against. No exceptions.	Fearless	May 2015	#31
I think it's good to keep	Omnith	May 2015	#36
Why?	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#37
Society benefits by not having him part of it.	Omnith	May 2015	#42
How exactly was McVeigh part of society after he was incarcerated?	nadinbrzezinski	May 2015	#45
He wouldn't be in either case.	Omnith	May 2015	#47
You are referring me to a fiction book written under commission	nadinbrzezinski	May 2015	#48
I'm glad you hold life sacred	Omnith	May 2015	#49
I believe the state should not kill in my name	nadinbrzezinski	May 2015	#50
Cost to society?	Omnith	May 2015	#54
Funny, most nations can get along without murdering	nadinbrzezinski	May 2015	#55
I guess we just see things differently	Omnith	May 2015	#63
The death benefit is a negative to society	Major Nikon	May 2015	#67
+1 Well said.	BeanMusical	May 2015	#52
The death penalty is just the most extreme of our criminal system	nadinbrzezinski	May 2015	#40
I can't recommend this post enough.	F4lconF16	May 2015	#46
Excellent contribution to this discussion Nadin.	haikugal	May 2015	#62
I fully agree.	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#69
Grotesque.	haikugal	May 2015	#72
Add one more reason: criminal charges are more often brought against minorities and the poor	jwirr	May 2015	#41
Kick and R.	BeanMusical	May 2015	#53
I am opposed to the death penalty in all cases	Blue_In_AK	May 2015	#56
I'm in NC and I started out pro-death penalty,	Jamastiene	May 2015	#60
It really rings true to me.	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#76
Am against the death penalty unless	akbacchus_BC	May 2015	#61
Then it sounds like you are against the death penalty in all cases	Major Nikon	May 2015	#68
great post, thought provoking, thank you!	Voice for Peace	May 2015	#64
Thank you so much for that!	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#71
For many years I was on the fence about the death penalty	davidpdx	May 2015	#70
There is one place, and one place only	hifiguy	May 2015	#73
And that's the one place we in the US do not apply it. Seems the more people you kill, the less	sabrina 1	May 2015	#74
Not even there, afaic.	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#78
The death penalty is only one very visible facet...	Orsino	May 2015	#75
K&R!	mvd	May 2015	#77
Utah is a death penalty state...	TeeYiYi	May 2015	#79
A funny thing about geometric means--	Jackpine Radical	May 2015	#80

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