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Connecticut becomes 17th state to abolish the death penalty
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Buffalo wrote:I'd like to see child molesters executed, and I wouldn't shed a single tear. The problem is when they find the innocent guilty. You can't take back an execution.
Can't Mormon Jesus make it up to the innocent that are executed, with some extra eternal goodies?
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Most, if not all, punishment does not deter. Let's say that a few select persons are discussing the KEP during a Sunday evening circle jerk, you have been strapped to chair with your eyelids taped open your mouth is shut...you can press a button to delete yourself or press a button to delete the circle jerkers.
My point is that most people are not deterred from commiting a crime, what deters most of us from commiting crime is a lack of perceived necessity.
My point is that most people are not deterred from commiting a crime, what deters most of us from commiting crime is a lack of perceived necessity.
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Panopticon wrote:It is barbaric and has almost zero deterrent effect.
Brackite wrote:What about late term abortions???
asbestosman wrote:They also have almost zero deterrent effect.
They also don't really happen except in extreme circumstances, such as severe hydrocephalus and other babies who will certainly die immediately after birth.
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Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded.-charity 3/7/07
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Crazy Americans.
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Death penalty...fast and testimony meeting...
Tough choice...
Tough choice...
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krose wrote:Buffalo wrote:I'd like to see child molesters executed, and I wouldn't shed a single tear.
Where do you draw the line? How do you make the distinction as to who is a bad enough child molester to die?
One man confines and rapes a six-year-old girl multiple times over a year. Another guy, age 19, sneaks into his 15-year-old cousin's room one night and caresses her breast while she sleeps. Both are officially child molesters. Do they both deserve to die for their actions? Plus, there is a wide variety of "molesters" in between those two.
Am I in charge? Okay then. Any molestation at all of a child under 12 = instant death. Any molestation at all of a child over 12 = life in prison without parole.
In the real world, I'd say life in prison without parole for both, since you can't undo a wrongful death sentence.
And 18 year olds dating 16 year olds wouldn't count as molestation. 40 year olds dating 16 year olds would, though.
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sock puppet wrote:Buffalo wrote:I'd like to see child molesters executed, and I wouldn't shed a single tear. The problem is when they find the innocent guilty. You can't take back an execution.
Can't Mormon Jesus make it up to the innocent that are executed, with some extra eternal goodies?
He would if he could but he can't so he won't.
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.
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Drifting wrote:Death penalty...fast and testimony meeting...
Tough choice...
Neither ends quickly enough.