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Originally posted by RudeDawg:
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Originally posted by Alexander:
To all you wonderfully civilized people who want executions immediately after the person is convicted - the waiting period is so that evidence and suchlike can be reviewed, so we can make damn sure that the offender was guilty. Granted, we probably still kill a few innocents, but it's a lot fewer than would be killed under your system.
If in the near future your system is implemented, and a loved one is executed immediately after the trial (even though they were innocent), and you can stick to your guns and still support your stance, come talk to me then.
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And to YOU, wonderfully inexperienced one... when YOU have a loved one murdered and the murderer set free because of your beliefs, come talk to ME then.
I have had 1 family member, and 2 wonderful friends murdered. One young lady was stabbed to death by her husband, with multiple stab wounds in her BACK. But because of people like YOU, he was set free. He went to her families home, and shot her brother, before being gunned-down.
People like YOU are responsible for his death.[/QUOTE]First of all, what you are saying has pretty much nothing to do with my request, although it is certainly tragic. My request was for someone who has lost an innocent family member due to the death penalty to come talk to me.
Second, I am no more responsible for his death than you are. Do you see me saying that criminals should be set free? Of course not, I think they should be severely punished if they are proven murderers. I just don't think we should kill them.
Third, you are mistaken if you believe that I am totally without insight - I lost, of all people, my beloved wife to a murderer about 8 years ago. I am still devastated by that event, and it has caused me to become somewhat mentally unstable. Once I was mentally capable of deciding the criminal's fate, I requested life in prison instead of the death penalty - partly because my wife was always against it (though until that point I could never understand why), partly because I thought death would be too kind, and partly because I knew it wouldn't bring her back. That man continues to rot in his cell until the end of his days. Believe me, if the death penalty could've brought her back, I would have killed the man myself, but it doesn't.