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14. That is still pandering to vengeance.

Reply to pipoman (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 10:49 AM

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Texas to execute a woman, first in US since 2010 [View all] Judi Lynn Jan 2013 OP

Texas Murderer Kimberly McCarthy To Face Rare Female Execution On Tuesday Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #1

are there other countries on "our level" that execute people ? JI7 Jan 2013 #2

Yes, but you don't want to know what that "level" entails. Fearless Jan 2013 #5

i just checked out the World Map on Death Penalty on Wiki JI7 Jan 2013 #3

So glad you've added this. Overwhelming. A real beacon of human rights, aren't we? Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #4

I never realized Japan has the death penalty lunatica Jan 2013 #7

I think amnesty international uses the term... iandhr Jan 2013 #18

Japan has a very interesting way of dealing with the death penalty Godhumor Jan 2013 #25

Japan has executed 91 prisoners since 1993 hack89 Jan 2013 #27

They hang them, too, which I was shocked to learn. joshcryer Jan 2013 #44

Different states in Australia abolished it at different times SwissTony Jan 2013 #45

illinois abolished the death penalty madrchsod Jan 2013 #9

Well, there is a Federal death penalty. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #16

14 US states have no death penalty iandhr Jan 2013 #17

I think the map is about countries, not states or territories within the countries lunatica Jan 2013 #29

Israel does not have the death penatly question everything Jan 2013 #21

They just assassinate them instead happyslug Jan 2013 #48

Of course there are constant stories from Israel question everything Jan 2013 #51

Mixed feelings pipoman Jan 2013 #6

I find it much easier to think that the government is committing a heinous crime lunatica Jan 2013 #8

not everything that is a crime when an individual does it should be a crime when the govt does it onenote Jan 2013 #10

Because it's against the law to do so lunatica Jan 2013 #12

But that's a simplistic approach--of course it is against the law to kill, but what about msanthrope Jan 2013 #15

I also think war is fundamentally a crime lunatica Jan 2013 #28

Perhaps not everything, but the death penalty isn't a bad place to start Major Nikon Jan 2013 #13

I view it more akin to pipoman Jan 2013 #35

That is still pandering to vengeance. Cal33 Jan 2013 #14

Do not underestimate the need for vengeance in a society. msanthrope Jan 2013 #30

I'm not underestimating the powerful urge for vengeance. The vendettas of Southern Europe and Cal33 Jan 2013 #31

Some people can never be trusted to pipoman Jan 2013 #36

It's difficult for people in prisons to commit further crimes. Let me Cal33 Jan 2013 #41

The realities pipoman Jan 2013 #42

What you say is true. At least there is a chance, however slight, of correcting the situation. But Cal33 Jan 2013 #49

She's a serial killer, up for execution. No way she gets a pardon. I don't believe in the death msanthrope Jan 2013 #11

She killed 3 women ages 71 to 85 Botany Jan 2013 #19

Indeed, she targeted friends of her mother, and her neighbor. She cut the ring off msanthrope Jan 2013 #20

Doesn't this suggest that she was crazy? Cal33 Jan 2013 #32

No. nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #33

at lest she won't have to live in Texas any longer. I would choose death over Texas. olddad56 Jan 2013 #22

Texas is a horrible state to live in, at the local level politicans are so corrupt. Sunlei Jan 2013 #26

This Texan Is Gratified By Your Choice. (nt) Paladin Jan 2013 #38

as you should be. I'm equally gratified that you don't live in the US. olddad56 Jan 2013 #46

So I Can Quit Preparing My U.S. Income Tax Return? Hey, Thanks! Paladin Jan 2013 #47

sure, why don't you do that. olddad56 Jan 2013 #50

Did Perry chuckle when denied a clemency, the way Bush did? question everything Jan 2013 #23

Perry along with Texas are angels of death. PAINT THAT ON YOUR FAMILY ROCK PERRY. Sunlei Jan 2013 #24

She was a piece of work dem in texas Jan 2013 #34

However, after wednesday she'll never feel pain again, but if she got life without Auntie Bush Jan 2013 #37

Judge delayed the execution until april Botany Jan 2013 #39

It would be Texas primavera Jan 2013 #40

UPDATE: She's gotten a reprieve until April to give the defense time to pursue an appeal on the Brickbat Jan 2013 #43