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RE: How do you feel about the death penalty?
December 5, 2015 at 11:03 am
Only in very extreme cases. And even then, the death would be a quick bullet to the dead. No electric chair. No shooting them up with stuff that may or may not kill them quickly and painlessly.
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RE: How do you feel about the death penalty?
December 5, 2015 at 11:04 am
Strongly opposed.
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RE: How do you feel about the death penalty?
December 5, 2015 at 11:22 am
"The new evangelization calls for followers of Christ who are unconditionally pro-life: who will proclaim, celebrate and serve the Gospel of life in every situation. A sign of hope is the increasing recognition that the dignity of human life must never be taken away, even in the case of someone who has done great evil. . . . I renew the appeal I made . . . for a consensus to end the death penalty, which is both cruel and unnecessary."
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RE: How do you feel about the death penalty?
December 5, 2015 at 12:07 pm
Personally, I don't like the death penalty. I think the guilty person should be made to rot in prison for the rest of their natural born life without the possibility of parole just so they can wake up every day behind bars, serving as a reminder of what they did.
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RE: How do you feel about the death penalty?
December 5, 2015 at 12:53 pm
It should be reserved for corporate criminals who steal billions.
For them I'd go with crucifixion.
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RE: How do you feel about the death penalty?
December 5, 2015 at 12:56 pm
We love to kill people. Reading the comments on any news story makes that abundantly clear.
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RE: How do you feel about the death penalty?
December 5, 2015 at 12:56 pm
!00% against it unless a convicted murder or rapist requests it... for SO many reasons, not the least of which that it's estimated that 4% of death row inmates have been wrongfully convicted.
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RE: How do you feel about the death penalty?
December 5, 2015 at 1:51 pm
I'm generally against it.
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RE: How do you feel about the death penalty?
December 5, 2015 at 2:37 pm
John Waters has essentially suggested the problem with it is marketing. It should be viewed as the equivalent of an Oscar or Emmy award, just being for crime instead.
Maybe we need the equivalent of an academy of sorts, staffed with senior criminals, who can recognize true genius and let them issue their awards annually ??
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