Death Penalty (legal, drugs, government, states)

[Eastern Roamer]

Read this and tell my how you can still support the death penalty...
albiet, this guy was not on death row, it's an example of how innocent people could be.

DNA tests get man freed after 26 years - Yahoo! News (broken link)

[jufrbo]

I personally know someone falsey convicted of murder. I think capital punishment is obselete(sp)

[madicarus2000]

The Duke lacrosse case was a perfect example of how victim statements are not always accurate and/or truthful.

[KantLockeMeIn]

I've never been a supporter of the death penalty. I think anyone who is should be in a lottery of people to have to pull the switch.

I do however feel that we need stricter sentences for violent criminals. We can make room by legalizing drugs and eliminating 3-strikes laws, but that's a topic for a different thread.

[Greatday]

I am a strong supporter of the Death Penalty.

Some years ago, I was "invited" to be a witness at an execution. After witnessing an execution, I have not changed my mind

[jufrbo]

^^Wow, an invitation, seems pretty goulish.

[katzenfreund]

I have always been against the death penalty. If killing is wrong, why is ok if the government kills? Two wrongs don't make it right....Double standard. I do believe in life without parole however, for vicious violent criminals.

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by katzenfreund

I do believe in life without parole however, for vicious violent criminals.

If Life without parole were truly "Life" then, maybe I could adjust. But, Life without parole does not, in most states, mean "Life".

[Glitch]

I have never supported the death penalty. There will never be a government I could trust with the power to execute its own citizens.

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by JustinFromBoise

^^Wow, an invitation, seems pretty goulish.

Yeah, I understand but, it really is not "goulish" at all.