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Delaware Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment

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Delaware Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment
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Delaware Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment
August 2, 2016 at 9:45 pm
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/us/del...ss&emc=rss

Quote:Delaware’s rules for imposing the death penalty are unconstitutional, the state’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, a decision that could mean an effective end to capital punishment in Delaware.


There are now 19 states which have abolished it.
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RE: Delaware Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment
August 2, 2016 at 9:48 pm
That's a damn shame.
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RE: Delaware Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment
August 3, 2016 at 7:24 am
Won't stop them executing innocent civilians as many as 85 at a time by drone strike.
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RE: Delaware Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment
August 3, 2016 at 7:49 am
Or putting up with twats that make posts totally off topic but think that they are valid.
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RE: Delaware Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment
August 3, 2016 at 8:04 am (This post was last modified: August 3, 2016 at 8:04 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I'm against the death penalty. The fact that the convicted aren't guaranteed to be guilty is enough reason by itself to not put anyone to death I reckon.

When someone gets let out of prison super late "Oops you were innocent all those years, sorry about that, our bad." That's bad enough... you can't exactly do that when someone has been put to death.
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RE: Delaware Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment
August 3, 2016 at 8:51 am
Neat, and good on Delaware.
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RE: Delaware Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment
August 3, 2016 at 9:29 am
I hope the law enforcers get the memo in time
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RE: Delaware Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment
August 3, 2016 at 9:49 am
we can still drop spammers in the log chipper, right ?
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RE: Delaware Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment
August 3, 2016 at 10:05 am
(August 3, 2016 at 7:24 am)Aractus Wrote: Won't stop them executing innocent civilians as many as 85 at a time by drone strike.

I had no idea that Delaware had such an aggressive foreign policy.
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RE: Delaware Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment
August 3, 2016 at 10:09 am
(August 3, 2016 at 9:49 am)vorlon13 Wrote: we can still drop spammers in the log chipper, right ?

log chipper? What happened to the rock crushers? Haven't you returned them yet?
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