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lilitaliangirl · February 2011

I just read Missouri is preparing for an execution on Wednesday morning. So, I thought I'd throw the question out there... are you for or against the death penalty?

Me: I'm totally for it.

achase123 · February 2011

I'm for it.

campbell2178 · February 2011

I am for it also!

JennySchecter · February 2011

Throw in the same torchure they have done to their victims and DP after and I am for it!!

Sus77 · February 2011

I'm for it. If you take someone's life it seems fitting that yours should be taken from you.

hersheykiss · February 2011

I am for it. I do not see a reason why someone who killed another person(s) should get the leniency of living.

Jocelyn0415 · February 2011

Do you have an article link? Just wanted to see if I knew the case.

mcbray21 · February 2011

I'm for it.

anna7602 · February 2011

Against.

BlueMoonMagic · February 2011

For it. I wish I lived in Texas.

Mis+Shapes · February 2011

Against it.

lilitaliangirl · February 2011

Jocelyn0415:
Do you have an article link? Just wanted to see if I knew the case.

https://www.ksdk.com/news/article/242796/3/Missouri-prepares-for-first-execution-in-2-years

Jocelyn0415 · February 2011

lilitaliangirl:
Jocelyn0415:
Do you have an article link? Just wanted to see if I knew the case.

https://www.ksdk.com/news/article/242796/3/Missouri-prepares-for-first-execution-in-2-years

Hmm. I haven't heard about that one. I'm definitely for the death penalty though.

PrincessShay80 · February 2011

For it- except I am against the LONG time they sit on death row and get a million appeals. I say once the guilty verdict comes down- they die that day. While we are talking about his, what states still have the dealth penalty? Obvioulsy Missouri and Texas (if memory serves)

penguingrrl · February 2011

Against

lilitaliangirl · February 2011

PrincessShay80:

For it- except I am against the LONG time they sit on death row and get a million appeals. I say once the guilty verdict comes down- they die that day. While we are talking about his, what states still have the dealth penalty? Obvioulsy Missouri and Texas (if memory serves)

This is a pretty interesting website. It give you all the statistics per state.

https://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/state_by_state

zeptattoo · February 2011

I'm ofr it. There is no place for such people in my utopia.

ablou · February 2011

I'm against it. America is better than the internationl company we choose to keep by killing our own. I don't think that it's the government's place to say who lives & who dies. ETA: I'm a native born Texan, grew up 40 minutes from where they execute people, and have lived my entire life in the South. (Texas, Louisiana, and Georgia) I was raised to be for it, but I've since formed my own opinion.

Chrysallys · February 2011

BlueMoonMagic:
For it. I wish I lived in Texas.

Wait, what? You want to live in Texas because of the death penalty? I want to live in a state that kills people....uhhhhh.

As whether I'm for or against. I used to be for, now I don't know.

MrsPatterson · February 2011

Against.

sarcole530 · February 2011

Totally for it.

alltwistedup · February 2011

I'm for it.

oboechick7 · February 2011

PrincessShay80:

For it- except I am against the LONG time they sit on death row and get a million appeals. I say once the guilty verdict comes down- they die that day. While we are talking about his, what states still have the dealth penalty? Obvioulsy Missouri and Texas (if memory serves)

my only problem with that is the people that are actually innocent. I agree, so long as there is 0 doubt about the guilt. Like he was caught with the weapon standing over a body covered in blood kinda thing KWIM?

desmerelda317 · February 2011

Chrysallys:
As whether I'm for or against. I used to be for, now I don't know.

This is me too. I honestly just don't know how I feel about it. On the one hand, some crimes are so incredibly atrocious that I cannot imagine allowing the guilty party to live - and crimes against children really really really sway my opinion to being for it. On the other, as a Christian I have a difficult time with the "life for a life" mentality. But then again on the other hand, God never says he takes away the earthly consequences for our sins. So yeah. I just don't know.

DEBBIE33CASEY · February 2011

I'm 80% for it, 20% against it.

Not to mention I HATE that my tax dollars are being spent to house the guilty. It just seems like so rarely is a case so black and white where the offender has been 100% proven guilty- like pp said, standing over the body with the weapon and admiting to their guilt. I don't like the idea of someone's metaphoric blood on my hands if they are innocent.

PrincessShay80 · February 2011

oboechick7:
PrincessShay80:

For it- except I am against the LONG time they sit on death row and get a million appeals. I say once the guilty verdict comes down- they die that day. While we are talking about his, what states still have the dealth penalty? Obvioulsy Missouri and Texas (if memory serves)

my only problem with that is the people that are actually innocent. I agree, so long as there is 0 doubt about the guilt. Like he was caught with the weapon standing over a body covered in blood kinda thing KWIM?

Totally agree with you, good point!

ilubmybabymore · February 2011

DEBBIE33CASEY:

I'm 80% for it, 20% against it.

Not to mention I HATE that my tax dollars are being spent to house the guilty. It just seems like so rarely is a case so black and white where the offender has been 100% proven guilty- like pp said, standing over the body with the weapon and admiting to their guilt. I don't like the idea of someone's metaphoric blood on my hands if they are innocent.

It's more expensive to execute a prisone than it is to house him/her for life.

ilubmybabymore · February 2011

I'll bet a million dollars that all the death penalty supporters are also anti choice.

oboechick7 · February 2011

ilubmybabymore:
DEBBIE33CASEY:

I'm 80% for it, 20% against it.

Not to mention I HATE that my tax dollars are being spent to house the guilty. It just seems like so rarely is a case so black and white where the offender has been 100% proven guilty- like pp said, standing over the body with the weapon and admiting to their guilt. I don't like the idea of someone's metaphoric blood on my hands if they are innocent.

It's more expensive to execute a prisone than it is to house him/her for life.

it wouldn't be if they didn't get a million appeals

karebear428 · February 2011

100% for it

m0132 · February 2011

PrincessShay80:
For it- except I am against the LONG time they sit on death row and get a million appeals. I say once the guilty verdict comes down- they die that day. While we are talking about his, what states still have the dealth penalty? Obvioulsy Missouri and Texas (if memory serves)

Florida does. I'm back and forth with the whole thing..I have seen so many shows on cases where people sat in jail for x amount of years, and later with newer technology were proven innocent. Then again, I've also read about cases where the jurors totally believed in their hearts that whoever on trial was guilty but couldn't convict them based on the evidence available.

ilubmybabymore · February 2011

oboechick7:
ilubmybabymore:
DEBBIE33CASEY:

I'm 80% for it, 20% against it.

Not to mention I HATE that my tax dollars are being spent to house the guilty. It just seems like so rarely is a case so black and white where the offender has been 100% proven guilty- like pp said, standing over the body with the weapon and admiting to their guilt. I don't like the idea of someone's metaphoric blood on my hands if they are innocent.

It's more expensive to execute a prisone than it is to house him/her for life.

it wouldn't be if they didn't get a million appeals

Ok, so you want to take away the right to appeal from prisoners who have been sentenced to die.

You're a smart cookie.

kelbel527 · February 2011

PrincessShay80:
oboechick7:
PrincessShay80:

For it- except I am against the LONG time they sit on death row and get a million appeals. I say once the guilty verdict comes down- they die that day. While we are talking about his, what states still have the dealth penalty? Obvioulsy Missouri and Texas (if memory serves)

my only problem with that is the people that are actually innocent. I agree, so long as there is 0 doubt about the guilt. Like he was caught with the weapon standing over a body covered in blood kinda thing KWIM?

Totally agree with you, good point!

Against - and that is why. Even if after a ton of appeals, what if the person is still innocent & there just isn't enough proof one way or another? Death is permanent.

I recently read a book by John Grisham (yes I realize it's totally fiction) about an innocent person executed even after the real killer confessed. I worry things like that can really happen.

Hot Sauce on a Stick · February 2011

Against. And, for all the "those are my tax dollars" arguments. That will pop up: It's more expensive to execute someone than to house them for life.

oboechick7 · February 2011

ilubmybabymore:
oboechick7:
ilubmybabymore:
DEBBIE33CASEY:

I'm 80% for it, 20% against it.

Not to mention I HATE that my tax dollars are being spent to house the guilty. It just seems like so rarely is a case so black and white where the offender has been 100% proven guilty- like pp said, standing over the body with the weapon and admiting to their guilt. I don't like the idea of someone's metaphoric blood on my hands if they are innocent.

It's more expensive to execute a prisoner than it is to house him/her for life.

it wouldn't be if they didn't get a million appeals

Ok, so you want to take away the right to appeal from prisoners who have been sentenced to die.

You're a smart cookie.

I don't want to take away their right, but I do think it the amount of appeals allowed is a little ridiculous yes

avbliss · February 2011

I'm for it. And I love that Texas has an "express lane" for those violent criminals who are with out ANY doubt, we're talking at least 3 eye witnesses, DNA, caught on camera, etc, guilty and therefore less of a drain on the system, and tax dollars. I think our countries ban on Cruel and Unusual Punishment isn't fair to those victims whose assailants tortured them. I believe in the punishment fitting the crime. Then again I'm a bit Old Testament when it comes to an "Eye for and Eye". I'm working on being more New Testament, "Turning the other Cheek".

But from a legal stand point I think the Death Penalty is a necessary part of our justice system for those extremely violent offenders who if given the chance would never stop killing.

AutumnBride929 · February 2011

I'm against it.

RD'sgirl · February 2011

you don't just automatically get an endless amount of appeals as it seems you think. An appeal has to be granted by a judge due to errors of law, procedure, fact etc. So if there is evidence to grant 80 appeals then that person should get 80 effin chances to fight for their right to not be executed or convicted of something they didn't do.