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Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp

fata it, i'd go if thats what it meant to have the death penalty... fata it, i'd love to see some of these sicko's killed.

That attitude makes you look like a sicko.

Originally Posted by tjinaz

Why is the life of a murderer worth more than a victim?

This is not to the point.

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

What about the victims? I've got sympathy for them.

The killer didn't -- know why? Because he's a criminal.

This whole "he didn't care about his victims so why should I care about him" business doesn't make any sense. He didn't care about killing those people because he's a murderer. Why would I try to mimic his lack of sympathy? I don't want to be like him. I don't want the state to be like him.

This is to the point.

Originally Posted by North East Goon

This, like the pro-choice argument is just too hot of topic to dismiss another person's belief's. I dont think my stance as pro-capital punishment could ever be swayed by the other side and vice versa for the other side. For a society it comes down to what the majority wants and be happy with the decision.

It's actually quite a bit different than the abortion argument. I can understand both sides of the abortion argument. I can't understand the other side of the state murdering argument. You are against some murders but for some murders? How is that not an inconsistent position? But we're murdering murderers so it's okay? So who murders the government who has now become a murderer? After all, they're murderers as well and are now deserving of being murdered.

How is this not obvious that this doesn't work?!

Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

What about this?

Curtis Osborne (died 4 June 2008) was an American convicted murderer on death row in Georgia. He was from Spalding County, Georgia.[1] He murdered two people in 1990.[1] Johnny Mostiler, his court-appointed attorney, allegedly neglected to inform Osborne that the prosecutor had offered him life sentence in exchange for a plea bargain, declaring "The little deserves the death penalty."[2][3][4][5] Osborne's case for clemency was championed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Larry Thompson, who wrote letters to the clemency board pleading for mercy.[6] Former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell also spoke on his behalf.[6] His execution went through despite these appeals.[7][8]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Osborne

This is sad. I'm surprised there are not more calls for action against the lawyer. Maybe even the death penalty? He is a murderer after all..

Originally Posted by Dion

Putting a murderer in a supermax prison whey they are locked up for 23 hours a day in isolation with 1 hour for exercise is a far better option IOM that Capital Punishment. Offing some killer lets them off too easy.

I'd prefer they rot in isolation and suffer like thier victims did. Having to spend 23 hours a day locked up in isolation would drive anyone nutty.

Thing is people are being wrongfully convicted for murder and in the past wrongfully executed. People like Steven Truscott would be dead if we had a death penalty.

This is most likely cruel and unusual. And your desire to drive someone "nutty" and have them "rot" says a lot about you.

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

This thread is cold.

Disturbingly cold.

The overall attitude of this board is truly chilling.