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Old 05-24-2005, 01:46 PM   #10
uss
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Join Date: November 16, 2001
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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Actually, it's the suffering that matters most. If you talk to the victim's families who get to watch executions, the peaceful slide-away to death that lethal injection provides rarely gives the families any closure. Now, having th shock the guy 8 times on the electric chair in Florida -- the families usually feel more sated.
Yeah, that's what I'm worrying about. Shouldn't the purpose of execution be to prevent any further crimes from happening rather than satiating the victim's wish for vengeane?

Basically, I have no problem with execution as long as it isn't done in an inhumane manner.
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