KloD

Do you support Capital Punishment?

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Kolo

I said no. I go back and forth on whether it should be permissible when one who actually murdered is executed, but because it's inevitable that an innocent person will occasionally be executed, I'm against it.

DjaugheOld

After watching the cardinal special teams this weekend...I'm considering it...





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jenna2891

my sentiments exactly.

Chris_Sanders

Yes I do. With the advances in DNA Investigating, it will eliminate a lot of the problems with the death penalty. Ultimately, there are some people out there who are such a threat to society they can never be returned to said society.

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thirty-two

I go back and forth with that, too.

But the kicker for me is, if someone murdered my mom or dad, I would want that sucker to fry.

I've actually become less hard-core with saying yes towards capital punishment, as time as gone on. I'm learning a lot about the types of people in prison, and those who murder, etc. It's not so cut and dry as I once thought.

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Kolo

Things like Jessica Lunsford's death and what happened in Idaho a few months ago do swing me to the "fry 'em" side of the fence for a while.

PortlandCardFan

I voted 'yes' but in all honesty I would prefer for the bastards to be worked to death. Food and Water is all they get. No entertainment of any kind. No communications with any inmates and limited with guards. They get the bare minimum to survive while working 18 hour days (hard labor).

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Dback Jon

On the fence as well - but voting no for now - too many problems with the our justice system for me to feel comfortable with it.

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nidan

Used to be a yes until I thought about it and am a definate NO now.

CP is revenge pure and simple and IMO can't be justified in what we like to call a civilized society.

I understand how the relatives and friends of a victim might want that revenge and probably I was as well but that doesn't make it right.

Offenders can be kept of the street without it. It obviously is not a deterent [given the murders we get in the US] and it costs more than life inprisonment.

nidan

apart from the yes, I see little problem with Portland's solution. Just because I no longer support Cp, does not mean I have much concern what happens to the offenders.

Pariah

I have no problem with that.

And, I also like that the taxpayers aren't paying for a lifetime of room and board.

Chaz

Under certain circumstances and for certain crimes I say yes.

I think there is a deterrent factor to executions.

Now if prisons really did rehabilitate people instead of making them better criminals that could be a positive step to eliminating capital punishent IMO.

If lesser crimes could be reduced by helping people fit better into lawful society then perhaps simple imprisionment could be considered enough deterrent for the more serious crimes.

Rivercard

In principal I would vote yes - but in reality I voted no because our financial based justice system will never be fair.

nidan

Many people are happy with revenge [and at least you are honmest enough to admit it] but it shows that we have a very long way to go before we can consider ourselves civilized. We are, it would seem, one step beyond lynch mobs, at least we have a trial before the lynching.

Room and board are cheaper than an death sentence, fact.