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Was he a threat? He was a convicted murderer, thus I feel he was a threat. Others might feel differently, to which I must ask, "How do you know he is not a threat anymore?" Quote:
I agree that two wrongs do not make a right--I teach that to my own son--but there must also be consequences for one's actions; in this case, the State decreed that the consequence was death by injection. Quote:
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05-29-2002, 11:14 AM | #22 |
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My thought has always been this: I think that those sentenced to death should be used for the testing of new drugs/ products. We kill and abuse countless innocent animals to test drugs before they are made available to the public. What better way to test something for use on humans, than to test it ON a human?
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How about we also kill them in a way that damages their body very little, like a bullet to the head or a cut throat, and then donate their bodies to medical science and their organs to whatever people might be in need of a transplant? I like that idea too. |
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05-29-2002, 11:48 AM | #26 |
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i agree with azred. Some criminals don't deserve to live or get a second chance. For instance that ted bundy guy, i like to compare him with a tumor, if a person has a tumor he goes the the hospital and has it removed or cut out of his body, nobody wants to live with a thing like that.
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Say he could smoke, drink, and buy guns. Would he then be more guilty of his crime? Would he then deserve to die? I'm afraid you're not making much sense.[/QUOTE]I am making infinite sense - 18 is when you are considered responsible enough to make decisions for yourself - which is why everyone under 18 is not allowed to buy cigarettes, vote, gamble, etc, etc. Yet this person was tried and convicted as though he committed the crime at 18. Tried as an adult. So, we can convict him and execute him as if he were 18 years old, however he was still, at 17, unable to receive any of the benefits 18 year olds get - simply because he wasn't considered responsible enough. So, if all of a sudden we're going to pretend kids are adults and execute now, then we must give them the benefits adults have - it can't work both ways.
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The death penalty is pure murder - the only difference is that it is state-sponsored. If we kill people for killing people to show that killing people is wrong, we become complete and utter hypocrites and we lose any moral authority. Quote:
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So, society has the right, based on planted evidence or whatever, to arrest you, convict you, and execute you for a crime you didn't commit, and then after you're dead and they find that they were wrong, they can just turn to your family members and say "oops, sorry"?
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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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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.
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