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Who Gets the Death Penalty? | 10 comments (10 topical)

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Oh, really??? (none / 0) (#8)
by jimakaPPJ on Sun Mar 25, 2007 at 08:09:06 PM EST
and beatings nastier than what most of them have done in the first place

I'm not a big death penalty fan, and would reserve it for killings of prison workers, torture/rape, etc. in which there is no doubt...

But you have no way of proving that statement, and it only gives ammunition to the pro death camp.


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Ok, but it doesn't change the point (none / 0) (#10)
by medleysoul on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 08:35:37 PM EST
I don't know whether more than 50% of the prisoners who are assaulted in prison have or haven't done something worse than what is done to them. The point is that being assaulted in prison is immoral 100% of the time. I'm not even saying I approve of life sentences.  But if someone is sentenced to life in prison, I think they should be given the OPTION of ending their life and BANNING the ability of judges to REQUIRE the death sentence. That is because prisoners are not pieces of property that can be forced to live against their will (like how Rumsfeld likes to forcefeed guantanamo prisoners). I think your statement about killing prison workers could be used as more damaging ammunition.  

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Who Gets the Death Penalty? | 10 comments (10 topical)

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