Death Penalty, is it right or wrong? |
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 Jul 15 2004, 05:46 PM
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 Quand j'étais jeune...  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272  |
QUOTE(EmeraldKnight @ Jul 15 2004, 5:40 PM) That would be a very good deterrant, wouldnt you agree SA? It's either you or them. I think you'd choose the latter. QUOTE Or, we would simply abolish it completely, which should not be done Well, most states got rid of it, I think, and so did most of the developed countries (or is all of them? IDK)... |
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Jul 15 2004, 05:48 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,795 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,421 |
QUOTE It's either you or them. I think you'd choose the latter You're a mind reader.. QUOTE Well, most states got rid of it, I think, and so did most of the developed countries (or is all of them? IDK)... Realli? I never knew that.. Its funny how I was arguing against the death penaly before, and now I'm arguing for it.. 
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Jul 15 2004, 05:51 PM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(EmeraldKnight @ Jul 15 2004, 5:48 PM) You're a mind reader.. I'm a mind eater, too. QUOTE Realli? I never knew that.. Its funny how I was arguing against the death penaly before, and now I'm arguing for it.. Yea... I find that my previous post made me sound like I'm against it.. but I'm not. I don't know. |
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Jul 15 2004, 05:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,795 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,421 |
QUOTE I'm a mind eater, too. You're scaring me.. QUOTE Yea... I find that my previous post made me sound like I'm against it.. but I'm not. I don't know. Yeah, I thought you were against it, lol I'm undecided too.. there's pros and cons with both sides.. which is why I can argue for both 
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Jul 16 2004, 09:32 AM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(brownsugar08 @ Jul 16 2004, 9:25 AM) Personally, I think someone would suffer A LOT more spending their life in prison--than getting electrocuted and getting it over with. Some families of the victim would suffer, too, knowing that the person who murder their kin lives. |
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Jul 16 2004, 09:50 AM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(brownsugar08 @ Jul 16 2004, 9:42 AM) Well-- In the end, they aren't making the killer suffer at all. Now he's dead. That's the end of that. Whereas if he spent a life in prison, he would suffer and regret what he did every day of his life. Until the day that he died. Better dead, than breathing and perhaps enjoying cable TV. How do you know "he" would suffer? If they can kill, I don't think they'd care very much about regreting it. |
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Jul 16 2004, 10:02 AM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(brownsugar08 @ Jul 16 2004, 9:58 AM)  Not suffering in prison? Watching Cable TV in prison?  Well I guess you are entitled to your own opinion.  I sure am, after taking street law and researching about prisons, I'm pretty sure I have my facts straight, which is more than I can say for some people. 
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Jul 16 2004, 10:12 AM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE I guess you are entitled to your own opinion Uh, sure, didn't I say that I am? 
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Jul 16 2004, 01:44 PM
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let's look at this logically:
what's so horrible with the death penalty? people are wrong sometimes and they make mistakes, sometimes innocent people including minors are sentenced to death what's so horrible not having the death penalty? we are wasting out tax dollars clothing, feeding, and housing people who have done horrible things... it's ok if innocent people die as long as we don't have to pay money to save them... what's one person? facts from amnestyusa.org The Texas legislature reduced the budget for the legal defence of death row inmates (of which there are more then 440) from $4 million to $2 million in 1996. At the end of 1996 at least 47 juvenile offenders were under sentence of death in 15 states; all had been convicted of murders committed when they were 16 or 17 years old Several of the prisoners executed in 1996 suffered from mental illness or mental retardation. Several prisoners faced prolonged execution processes; medics took over an hour to complete the lethal injection of Tommie Smith in Indiana, and the electrocution of Larry Lonchar in Georgia was reported to have taken over 45 minutes after the first charge of electricity failed to kill him. <~cruel and unusual punishment |
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Jul 16 2004, 05:06 PM
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 !shobe! Group: Member Posts: 664 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 5,912 |
the death penalty.. such a controversial topic...
hmm.. i wrote a paper about that like long time ago.. if i still have it, i'd have posted it up right away.. but sadly, i lost it... damn.. anyway... the death penalty has it's pros and cons (this is off the top of my head).. pros: 1. brings justice for victims. 2. lessens criminals on the streets 3. saves tax payers' money to keep criminal alive in prison cons: 1. government is just doing what the criminals did 2. costs a lot to prepare (materials for lethal injection, staffing, etc) 3. inhumane (electric chair, gas chamber, etc) err.. i think that's it for now.. i'm for the death penalty, though, cuz i really think that those people deserve what they're getting.. if they didn't commit the crime, he/she wouldn't be facing the death penalty. |
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Jul 16 2004, 06:27 PM
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 dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
life in jail is more preferable to the death sentence because it prevents killing innocent people.
but, the death sentence is a detterant. no one likes it, but it makes you sleep better knowing that if a person kills you, they will die. it would be easier to just put everyone in prison, no? like alcatraz. or azakaban. we need an island. (death costs more, aud_chua) let's just let fae eat them. |
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Jul 16 2004, 08:38 PM
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1 word
Right |
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Jul 16 2004, 10:40 PM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 16 2004, 6:27 PM) let's just let fae eat them. You got that right... Er, wait, I lost my people eating ability.... |
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Jul 18 2004, 03:05 PM
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QUOTE(EmeraldKnight @ Jul 14 2004, 2:27 PM) So? Your point? Have you evidence that life in prison would be cheaper? Oh and might I ask where you obtained your data? Sorry, I dozed off on this topic. Source: http://www.fnsa.org/v1n1/dieter.html |
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Jul 18 2004, 06:40 PM
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 hey you Group: Member Posts: 331 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,531 |
against it.
lol dont even get me started with why. its something im extremely passionate about (criminal justice) and i get really into it, so im just gonna stop there. |
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| *Kathleen* |
Jul 20 2004, 04:06 PM
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QUOTE let's just let fae eat them. Oh I like to eat criminals as well...can I share some of them, Fae? 
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Jul 20 2004, 04:07 PM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(Kathleen @ Jul 20 2004, 4:06 PM) Oh I like to eat criminals as well...can I share some of them, Fae?  Well... only because I like you... I don't usually share my preys.... Oh snap, I don't eat humans anymore... do you think you can finish them off without me? |
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Jul 20 2004, 04:12 PM
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QUOTE Well... only because I like you... I don't usually share my preys.... Oh snap, I don't eat humans anymore...  Thanks, Fae. You're my hero. What?  This can't be true! Humans are tasty! Remember?!
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Jul 20 2004, 04:13 PM
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 Dark Lord of McCandless Group: Member Posts: 2,226 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,761 |
Make sure you drink the blood of your enemies too.
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Jul 20 2004, 04:14 PM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(Kathleen @ Jul 20 2004, 4:12 PM) Thanks, Fae. You're my hero. What? This can't be true! Humans are tasty! Remember?! Maybe your Johnny can chop them up into nice refrigera-able packages for me to eat at a later time.. |
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| *Kathleen* |
Jul 20 2004, 04:19 PM
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Haha all right ee. I hope the packages don't leak of blood when I send it to you.
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Jul 20 2004, 04:23 PM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(Kathleen @ Jul 20 2004, 4:19 PM) Haha all right ee. I hope the packages don't leak of blood when I send it to you. Oh then package their blood in gift wrap containers and them to ComradeRed... He'll drink it for me... Too much postal fees for a simple meal, you think? |
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Jul 20 2004, 04:26 PM
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Dark Lord of McCandless Group: Member Posts: 2,226 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,761 |
Meh. I have money. Soviet Union is generous.
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Jul 20 2004, 09:50 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
ahhhhh.... the nightmare continues... multiplied.
emerald knight and i need some backup here. i shall be known as... Essay the vampire slayer. ok ,back to the debate- well, the death penalty is a detterant against crime. that is enough to warrent it's existance. |
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Jul 20 2004, 11:17 PM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 20 2004, 9:50 PM) ahhhhh.... the nightmare continues... multiplied. emerald knight and i need some backup here. i shall be known as... Essay the vampire slayer. Muahahahaha, I didn't know I have man-eating kins in cB. QUOTE ok ,back to the debate- well, the death penalty is a detterant against crime. that is enough to warrent it's existance. And I agree to that. |
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