tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17213045.post9131266888573476432..comments2024-03-27T02:15:50.519-05:00Comments on Is America Burning - a Forum To Discuss Issues: Update" Killer ExecutedGadflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06974330477668544785noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17213045.post-13543978782654488782008-08-09T18:41:00.000-05:002008-08-09T18:41:00.000-05:00Glad to see you, Sheanc! Good to have you visit us...Glad to see you, Sheanc! Good to have you visit us. No shame - we know you are busy busy busy. <BR/><BR/>It is indeed a tricky subject, sheanc. Quite a few citizens have ambivalent feelings about the subject. Vicious crimes, especially against our young, seem to sway people more to execution. Some of my anti-death penalty acquaintances moderated their stance when regarding this case. <BR/><BR/>One of my friends advocates "Turn 'em over to the mamas and when they are through, let the daddies handle what's left". Times are one agrees with that philosophy but probably a good thing the law has different options. <BR/><BR/>I once read of a desert tribe that gave criminals a trial with the Chief acting as judge and witnesses free to testify. But once the judge deemed the perpetrator guilty, the convicted was turned over to the victim's family for punishment. BRR! Some of the punishments related in the article were horrific!! <BR/><BR/>Texas is known as a death penalty state but there have been a number of instances where a perp has escaped true justice because of legal errors or early paroles - only to commit the same sort of atrocities again. Such people should NEVER be loosed upon the public to murder the innocent again.Worried Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15025693881754554346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17213045.post-80715044033875269022008-08-09T01:35:00.000-05:002008-08-09T01:35:00.000-05:00It's been so long since I have been a-commenting t...It's been so long since I have been a-commenting that I should be ashamed of myself! But here I am. Too bad the subject is not a cheery one.<BR/><BR/>To me, the death penalty is a tricky subject, because I believe death is better than life in prison. I think executing someone is letting them off easy. I mean, if it were me, I would off myself before spending life in the joint, you know?<BR/><BR/>If someone who I loved was raped and murdered by someone like this, I would want to get revenge in ways that are worse than death.<BR/><BR/>The question always remains: do we kill 'em to punish them, or to remove them, and the danger they pose, from society?<BR/><BR/>Maybe execution is just part of the human condition.SheaNChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834915403180514684noreply@blogger.com