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Edgedamage:

--- Quote from: duffjr on September 08, 2005, 11:58:16 am ---am i the only one who think it's more of a tragedy to lose a hero than a baby?  a baby can windup a drug dealer, a murderer, a terrorist, etc. but a made man or woman is of greater value to the world.

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Man your fuked!

DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: Grasshopper on September 08, 2005, 07:26:41 pm ---I think some of the scarily over the top comments in this thread illustrate why it's such a good thing that we have courts, a criminal justice system, due process, presumption of innocence etc. instead of mob rule.

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I find it hard to believe that you took my comments as over the top.


--- Quote from: DrewKaree on September 08, 2005, 06:50:41 pm ---I will never befriend or continue being friends with someone who stabs babies.  Eff that whole "another chance" thing to allow them to hang out with me.  I've got way too many non-baby-stabber friends, so I don't need to hang around with baby-stabbers.  Eff them.

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It's the flat-out truth, and if you think it's over the top that I've got too many non-baby-stabber friends, well eff you too then.  I'm not gonna befriend a few baby-stabbers just to have you think more of me, because as has been stated numerous times, he stabbed a baby.  Eff him.


--- Quote from: shmokes on September 08, 2005, 07:40:55 pm ---
The thing that kills me is that it's all you wacko conservatives who supposedly have the LEAST amount of faith in the ability of the covernment to do any kind of job correctly that want to hand this absurd power to them.


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Please don't lump me in with "them".  I still have no faith in the ability of the government to know when a person should be killed, and do not believe in the death penalty.  People like those of us in here are on juries all the time.  Since you'd be considered my "peers", I don't want any of you with the power to throw that switch, in however small a way you have that power.  Stingray alone would see what happens if it were thrown "for just a second....just to see what happens".


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They bungle it ALL THE TIME. 


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We agree on yet another thing.  And one more reason why I don't believe in the death penalty.

I AM in favor of high-rise prisons, as the idiots who seem to design them in my area can't come up with anything that doesn't swallow up a thousand acres on which is planted, at best, a 3 story building.  2 stories if it's a large facility.  Go underground as well.  Might as well save on heating and cooling bills and use the earth to save us money there.

Bones:
I will direct this question to you Drew, not because you have argued your case the hardest or the most convincingly, but simply because you were the last poster.

In your opinion, is there any crime a person can do that warrants their life be extinguished? Think up some real horrible stuff, things that make the baby stabber look like a boy scout.

Is there a cut-off point when a human no longer deserves to live because of something just plain evil they have done?

* Edit- In this hypothetical situation, assume there can be no denying the person did the crime. DNA testing, video footage, witnesses, whatever in your mind leaves no doubt of innocence.

DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: BrokenBones on September 12, 2005, 01:53:05 am ---In your opinion, is there any crime a person can do that warrants their life be extinguished? Think up some real horrible stuff, things that make the baby stabber look like a boy scout.
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There are many things people will do to others that can cause me to wish their lives to be extinguished.  Warranted, no. 


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Is there a cut-off point when a human no longer deserves to live because of something just plain evil they have done?


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I think there certainly may arise circumstances where I may take matters into my own hands.  I still wouldn't condone my actions, and in fact may be just as guilty if I DID take matters into my own hands as the person I decided to judge.

No.  There is no cut-off point (to me) when a human being deserves to be punished with death.  I do, however, disagree with parole.  If a person is judged to be convicted of a certain time frame for committing a crime, that sentence should be carried out.  "Good behavior" should have been exercised before the crime was committed, not cited when rewarding someone after they commit a crime.  A life sentence should mean for the duration of their life. 

In today's world, if a person kills several people, each victim is a separate count.  While it gives that person worth in their death (instead of lumping them in as a group), it shouldn't matter if a person gets 1 life sentence, or 12.  Life should mean life, and tacking on another 11 counts only tries to avoid the possibility of parole.  Maybe that's a bit simplistic, but sentences should be given for a reason.

Bones:

--- Quote from: DrewKaree on September 12, 2005, 02:21:25 am ---No.  There is no cut-off point (to me) when a human being deserves to be punished with death.

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OK!  :)

I find it interesting that yourself and shmokes hold this same belief but from complete opposite ends of the spectrum. I personally don't share this view and I am not judging, just absorbing info.



--- Quote from: DrewKaree on September 12, 2005, 02:21:25 am ---Life should mean life,

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Agreed!


What about if somebody stabbed a baby and then mamed a Dragons Lair?   ::)  ;D

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