Having read up on the Atkins case, yep. Cruel and unusual. And in general, I am NOT pro-death penalty.
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Aims - Nov 18, 2005 2:38:34 pm PST #5625 of 10003
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Typo Boy - Nov 18, 2005 2:50:56 pm PST #5626 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Aimee I just can't support executing anyone. No exceptions.
Aims - Nov 18, 2005 2:53:04 pm PST #5627 of 10003
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok.
beth b - Nov 18, 2005 2:58:35 pm PST #5628 of 10003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I can understand Aimee's position. I just don't trust the justic system to be that good. and only get the bad guys.
Aims - Nov 18, 2005 3:00:25 pm PST #5629 of 10003
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I don't trust it all that much, either. There are too many places that have a hard on for just executing in a feeble attempt at getting other would-be criminals to Stop Being Bad People. Well, that doesn't work, we know it.
erikaj - Nov 18, 2005 3:02:56 pm PST #5630 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
The death penalty is unfair and disproportionate as currently practiced. I can't support that, but yet I think there are offenses heinous enough that maybe people should die.
Pix - Nov 18, 2005 3:03:11 pm PST #5631 of 10003
The status is NOT quo.
I don't support the death penalty, but I have a feeling that I might feel the same way as Aimee if I had a baby. Hell, I nearly feel that way just being an adopted Auntie.
vw bug - Nov 18, 2005 3:05:57 pm PST #5632 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
Have a headache. Have taken drugs. Going to bed now. Lost pronouns.
Pix - Nov 18, 2005 3:09:01 pm PST #5633 of 10003
The status is NOT quo.
And now for something completely different.
I am watching the recent Family Guy...the one where the guys become the A-Team. OMG. Dying over here.
DavidS - Nov 18, 2005 3:09:20 pm PST #5634 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The death penalty is unfair and disproportionate as currently practiced. I can't support that, but yet I think there are offenses heinous enough that maybe people should die.
I'm with erika. I think some crimes mean you forfeit your life. I don't have a problem with a government exercising life-or-death decisions since the gov't does that every day in multiple ways. I think the polis has the right to make that decision.
However, there is a lot evidence which makes it clear that the system as it currently exists is very racist and classist. Consequently, I'm okay with the death penalty in principle but not as it is practiced in our country.