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originally posted by: JohnS23
originally posted by: Woodcarver
a reply to: Bluntone22
He’s going to jail for the rest of his life. What’s the problem?
Waste of resources.
Resources that could be put towards helping contributing members of society. He should be shot like the rabid dog he is.
$5 in bullets/$20 in electricity versus 60 years of tax money to house him.
Put him down.
originally posted by: Woodcarver
a reply to: Bluntone22
He’s going to jail for the rest of his life. What’s the problem?
originally posted by: Woodcarver
a reply to: Edumakated
I’m not opposed to that in some cases.
but the electric chair is needed in this situation.
its use is in decline due to the rise of lethal injection, which is widely believed to be a more humane method of execution
Stupid waste of money. Ugh...
But on Thursday, the Department of Justice announced it would be resuming executions. “The justice department upholds the rule of law – and we owe it to the victims and their families to carry forward the sentence imposed by our justice system,” Barr said.
Five death row inmates have already been identified as the first in line, and executions will begin in December
I dont want to pay to feed and house him
I'd argue life without parole is more cruel.
I dont care if they poke him with a rusty nail and let him die from tetanus.
knows the state intends to execute him for committing a murder, but a series of strokes and other ailments have left him incontinent, barely able to walk and unable to recall the crime itself. So the question for the court is whether it is acceptable to execute someone who knows he was convicted of murder but can’t remember what he did. This is how far into surrealism our death penalty system has fallen