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1 | 3.70% |
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26 | 96.30% |
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Do you favor the death penalty in the following situations:
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I read a study once (way in the back of my mind) that made the assertion that when faced with the 3 choices in the poll the number of people who favor or strongly favor the death penalty decreases as you move from question 1 (which has HUGE support) to question 3 (which drops below 50%.) This suggests to me that at least part of the reason people support the death penalty is a general frustration with the criminal justice system and the perception that people are getting out too easily. Any thoughts?
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I think people that support the death penalty are vengeful bastards.
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I think people that support the death penalty are vengeful bastards. [/ QUOTE ] You're right. We are. |
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[ QUOTE ] I think people that support the death penalty are vengeful bastards. [/ QUOTE ] You're right. We are. [/ QUOTE ]LMAO [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] |
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The Death Penelty is one of the worst things in our criminal system. We've killed innocent people. THat is unforgivable. If it were perfect I'd be behind it 100%, but if even one innocent person is put to death, that is unacceptable.
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The problem with death penalty is the finality. This year we have heard about numerous cases where people were cleared by DNA testing that didn't exist 20 years ago.
So I could never support the death penalty for someone convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence. |
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The problem with death penalty is the finality. This year we have heard about numerous cases where people were cleared by DNA testing that didn't exist 20 years ago. So I could never support the death penalty for someone convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence. [/ QUOTE ] But you are ok with them sitting in jail for the rest of their lives? At least death penalty cases get a high level of scrutiny. If these people were wasting away for life in prison, no one would care to look into their cases. |
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[ QUOTE ] The problem with death penalty is the finality. This year we have heard about numerous cases where people were cleared by DNA testing that didn't exist 20 years ago. So I could never support the death penalty for someone convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence. [/ QUOTE ] But you are ok with them sitting in jail for the rest of their lives? At least death penalty cases get a high level of scrutiny. If these people were wasting away for life in prison, no one would care to look into their cases. [/ QUOTE ] If they were innocent, people would take a look at the case. Basically, in our society, if someone gets locked up for a crime they didn't commit, and they get out, they sue. |
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[ QUOTE ] The problem with death penalty is the finality. This year we have heard about numerous cases where people were cleared by DNA testing that didn't exist 20 years ago. So I could never support the death penalty for someone convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence. [/ QUOTE ] But you are ok with them sitting in jail for the rest of their lives? At least death penalty cases get a high level of scrutiny. If these people were wasting away for life in prison, no one would care to look into their cases. [/ QUOTE ] No, who said I was Ok with them wasting away in prison? But, at least if you don't put them to death, there's a chance that the injustice can be rectified. I'm surprised by your reply as this is pretty obvious stuff. |
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