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Post by robkersmarki on Jul 2, 2011 19:15:21 GMT -6
If they are proven guilty... Y not give them the death sentence... this taxpayer doesnt care.
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Post by HippyCowGirl on Jul 3, 2011 11:09:50 GMT -6
no what will happen is the people will start vigilante groups to take the law into their hands,and target these criminals and kill them ,themselves. there is no need to abolish the death penalty. scientists today have the technology to prove the person charged with murder is the one who did the crime. dna can prove whether a person is innocent or guilty. Thats how I thought. if they were going to do away with it it should of been done when there was no DNA not when we can prove guilty is guilty. They are going on the past when we killed innocence because no dna and police beat people to confessions. Now we can prove guilt we have to pay for them till they die of old age.
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Post by toshiko on Jul 3, 2011 12:14:35 GMT -6
What about the thread here, where a man that robbed a bank of 1 dollar, sat and waited to be arrestted,went to jail all because he needed medical help? It could very well happen. I am on the fence about the death penalty. I say, child molesters for sure, deserve the death penalty.
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Post by twista on Jul 3, 2011 12:27:53 GMT -6
What about the thread here, where a man that robbed a bank of 1 dollar, sat and waited to be arrestted,went to jail all because he needed medical help? It could very well happen. I am on the fence about the death penalty. I say, child molesters for sure, deserve the death penalty. i disagree. these people just stay locked up and extensive therapy in a mental institution,under 24hrs a day ,under maximum security.
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Post by twista on Jul 3, 2011 12:33:51 GMT -6
the only time the death penalty should be used is for murder convictions. because you took a life.
you rape or molest you get life in prison. i don't believe in killing a person for this crime. just give them life in prison. they did not kill the person.
that is what the death penalty is for. keyword "death"=murder.
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Post by bulldogs1963 on Jul 3, 2011 15:14:32 GMT -6
Wow what do they do with the ones on death row now? ?
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Post by starsbynight01 on Jul 3, 2011 21:39:36 GMT -6
Illinois death row inmates moved to regular jail cells CHICAGO (Reuters) - The last fifteen death row inmates in Illinois will live out their days in jail cells, instead of dying on a execution gurney, now that capital punishment has officially ended in the state.
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Post by otto on Jul 4, 2011 15:54:50 GMT -6
There are crimes for which the death penalty is most certainly warranted....and for those people who are guilty without any doubt, and by this I mean they have either admitted guilt or there were witnesses beyond any doubt, let them die...and do it quickly without wasting the taxpayers money for 10 - 20 years of appeals...that's a real crock of pickles!
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Post by wilbert on Jul 5, 2011 6:03:02 GMT -6
I don't believe in the death penalty because I don't think it is for us to decide someones death....just like the killer himself. That is up to God. Also I don't believe in it because innocent people have been put on death row and even put to death for crimes they did not commit. If we can't be 100% accurate, it's not up to us to decide someones fate. JMHO
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Post by Val on Jul 5, 2011 11:09:01 GMT -6
Finally Illinois does something right. Thats your opinion ,not mine.. Getting rid of the death penalty just shows the criminals that its open season on the ciitezens .. I would have liked to seen Illinois go the opposite direction..like an assembly line..walk them in and carry them out I agree with you there! Let's take care of criminals because we don't feel its right to kill them for what they have done. I say kill them and don't waste tax dollars to house them. If your sentenced to death row, don't hesitate....off them! I don't know about anyone else but I personally wouldn't want to look a family in the face that lost a child to some deranged lunatic who murdered their family member and has done it repeatedly to other families and tell them....well we've decided to let him live....fvck that! If it was your family member you'd certainly feel differently (OP).
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Post by dive61364 on Jul 6, 2011 7:54:13 GMT -6
i say fry them since they showed lack of concern for the one they killed.
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