This is why I'm for the death penalty.

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Money2burn,

Are you advocating the death penalty in only cases like this where guilt is not in question and the crime is especially heinous?

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Money2burn,

Are you advocating the death penalty in only cases like this where guilt is not in question and the crime is especially heinous?

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Yes. I think there should be very very strict rules for being sentanced to the death penalty, but I feel that this is a very clear case where there should be no other option. Upon sentancing this guy's life should be ended as soon as possible.

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Money2burn,

Are you advocating the death penalty in only cases like this where guilt is not in question and the crime is especially heinous?

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Yes. I think there should be very very strict rules for being sentanced to the death penalty, but I feel that this is a very clear case where there should be no other option. Upon sentancing this guy's life should be ended as soon as possible.

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So, what is the purpose of ending this murder's life? Is there anything society gains from losing another person? One thing that seems to confuse me about the death penalty is that we lose what possibly could be another member of humanity who could do positive things. One more question, in your eyes would his immediate state execution be a means of retribution on behalf of the bereaved or is it something else?

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Money2burn,

Are you advocating the death penalty in only cases like this where guilt is not in question and the crime is especially heinous?

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Yes. I think there should be very very strict rules for being sentanced to the death penalty, but I feel that this is a very clear case where there should be no other option. Upon sentancing this guy's life should be ended as soon as possible.

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So, what is the purpose of ending this murder's life? Is there anything society gains from losing another person? One thing that seems to confuse me about the death penalty is that we lose what possibly could be another member of humanity who could do positive things. One more question, in your eyes would his immediate state execution be a means of retribution on behalf of the bereaved or is it something else?

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Sorry, I had to sleep, wasn't expecting this thing to blow up like it did.

Well, it's partly retribution, and part effeciency. If he gets sentance to the death penalty I don't see much reason to drag out his execution. It costs money that we shouldn't have to pay and allows him to live longer than he deserves imo.

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Well, it's partly retribution, and part effeciency. If he gets sentance to the death penalty I don't see much reason to drag out his execution. It costs money that we shouldn't have to pay and allows him to live longer than he deserves imo.

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I think the 124 innocent Americans who were found innocent and released after receiving the death sentence strongly disagree.

As pointed out earlier in this thread, the X number of trials and tedious process of death row is very necessary if you're going to use the death penalty.

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Well, it's partly retribution, and part effeciency. If he gets sentance to the death penalty I don't see much reason to drag out his execution. It costs money that we shouldn't have to pay and allows him to live longer than he deserves imo.

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I think the 124 innocent Americans who were found innocent and released after receiving the death sentence strongly disagree.

As pointed out earlier in this thread, the X number of trials and tedious process of death row is very necessary if you're going to use the death penalty.

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This is true, I can agree that it would be prudent to allow some time for appeal or retrial if somethign nefarious went on during the first one.

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So, what is the purpose of ending this murder's life?

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I'm not above admiting that retribution is high on the list. For the victim's family that's a valid reason. To this day I hope that justice is visited upon OJ and his life is ended early, painfully, violently while he pisses his pants.

There's also the validation of life to consider. As a society we state in certain terms that some acts of murder will cost you your life because we value life so much. The deterent aspect will be debated but I know it to be nonzero.

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To this day I hope that justice is visited upon OJ and his life is ended early, painfully, violently while he pisses his pants.


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The funny thing is this guy pretends to be a Christian.

Parody?

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One thing that seems to confuse me about the death penalty is that we lose what possibly could be another member of humanity who could do positive things.

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If you were to sum up all the positive and negatives things this guy will do over the course of his life, I'm willing to wager an obscene amount of money that shooting someone in the head is a big enough negative so as to outweigh any positives.

How many murderers do you think turn out to be Alexander Fleming?