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orangecrush

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16. So that 10% of the time

Reply to ADK (Reply #11)

Wed Jan 13, 2021, 10:42 AM

Jan 2021

When we have executed innocent people is the acceptable cost of satisfying our bloodlust?

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US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953 [View all] dalton99a Jan 2021 OP

I thought a court paused thsis and other executions? Guess not catrose Jan 2021 #1

Stay of Execution was lifted of USSC around 8 pm this evening LeftInTX Jan 2021 #3

Because one thing "pro-life justices" love Miguelito Loveless Jan 2021 #12

I was just reading about this case: it was brutal. C Moon Jan 2021 #2

Groan: Two more cases scheduled before Jan 20th LeftInTX Jan 2021 #4

Americans are the best twodogsbarking Jan 2021 #5

one problem, imho.. Maxheader Jan 2021 #6

Witnesses can be wrong. Or lie. n/t Harker Jan 2021 #8

There was no doubt that this woman cut the fetus from her victim's womb committing a double murder Cozmo Jan 2021 #25

I've told my wife that should I be murdered Harker Jan 2021 #29

Her crime was as horrific as you get. alphafemale Jan 2021 #7

You're not considering the whole story. There was no justice served last night, authorities ... marble falls Jan 2021 #20

Do you seriously believe that this woman can be helped while serving a life sentence in our prisons? Cozmo Jan 2021 #26

There's no salvage here. But surely you aren't suggesting that because she is "broken" ... marble falls Jan 2021 #37

Thank you for saying that Matilda Jan 2021 #41

This one was doubly wrong. Thanks for the support. marble falls Jan 2021 #42

I am not in favor of the death penalty even for her. alphafemale Jan 2021 #36

Who said that!?!? Let's both join up and mope slap him!!! marble falls Jan 2021 #38

She committed a brutal murder left-of-center2012 Jan 2021 #9

And she was raped from three years old by father, step-father, family, family friends ... marble falls Jan 2021 #21

There is no excuse for the horrible murder she committed left-of-center2012 Jan 2021 #23

So I guess the quality of mercy IS strained ... marble falls Jan 2021 #24

Tell that to the dead woman left-of-center2012 Jan 2021 #30

The dead get no mercy, they get no justice. They are beyond that ... marble falls Jan 2021 #32

So, Did She RobinA Jan 2021 #34

The only thing most of these angry pro-death penalty project in their anger is "blood lust". marble falls Jan 2021 #39

Everything about this case orangecrush Jan 2021 #10

But it was premeditated. ADK Jan 2021 #11

The US needs to join BuddhaGirl Jan 2021 #13

It will s not justice. It is vengeance. TexasBushwhacker Jan 2021 #40

So that 10% of the time orangecrush Jan 2021 #16

Quit looking at snapshots, see the whole movie. marble falls Jan 2021 #22

Please don't assume that the posters have not viewed the whole movie Cozmo Jan 2021 #27

Did you look past the crime? What do you make of her brutized life? No one ever went to jail. marble falls Jan 2021 #28

Thank you. ADK Jan 2021 #33

Capital Punishment RobinA Jan 2021 #35

Hey, trump had to do SOMETHING to cheer himself up. (nt) Paladin Jan 2021 #14

This info is wrong. Karla Faye Tucker on 2/4/98 was executed by TX when Bush refused to in2herbs Jan 2021 #15

Correct orangecrush Jan 2021 #17

She was executed in a state prison TexasBushwhacker Jan 2021 #18

Her crime was horrifying. So was her life. TexasBushwhacker Jan 2021 #19

He story is so sad Marrah_Goodman Jan 2021 #31

This is one area I personally break ranks with the majority. Quackers Jan 2021 #43