IcyPatriot

Horrifying story:

Wrong man was executed in Texas, probe says - Yahoo! News

PatsWSB47

I saw that this morning. It's not the first time and it won't be the last. It's one of the reasons I'm against the death penalty.

Drewski

This is my issue with the Death Penalty.

By and large, I feel there are certain crimes that, by committing them, said perp has given up their privilege to breathe oxygen like the rest of us.

However, there has to be beyond any shred of doubt that they are in fact a guilty person; caught in the act, DNA or any other form of scientific testing that is beyond my knowledge etc

If one innocent person is executed, then the whole system is suspect in my opinion.

PatsFanInVa

yeah, well, there's your "even one man."

Life w/o parole would be the ideal way to deal with the worst crimes, assuming that even the possibility would be off the table.

Harry Boy

I have never believed in the death penalty unless it is a premeditated murder and is proven "WITHOUT A DOUBT" that the accused is guilty.

I firmly believe that Timothy McVeigh, Serial Killers and people like them should be killed immediately following their conviction "the same day" Jeffrey Dahmer should have recieved the death penalty but of course the Killers he was in jail with took care of him.

The system we now have will kill more innocents in the future.

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PatriotsReign

what the hey...it's only one guy.

just kiddn'

It's actually inexcuseable....what really makes me angry is the fact we're getting conditioned to news like this.

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Holy Diver

frickin Texas.....

Rick Perry On Death Penalty And 'Ultimate Justice' - YouTube

PatsFanInVa

Wait did you mean...



I don't think them there foreign courts have jurisdiction...*

*to be clear, my opposition to the death penalty extends even to this guy. But then, I'm biased... no problem with whacking Bin Laden, and the poor guy didn't even get a trial... haul out your ACLU cards and make a case!

Harry Boy

Bin Laden should have been tied to the back of a NYC Fire Truck and dragged all over Manhattan until there was nothing left but a little piece of bone.

GOD WILLING

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IllegalContact

I would rather refer to this situation as 'collateral damamge'


if you want to make an omelet, you have to break a few eggs

it is god's will

the guy probably deserved it anyway. he either had sex with his sister or brother, and killed the neighbors dog......maybe even in a previous life

maybe he was going to do something and the 'error' saved an innocent life that we are not aware of

c'est la vie.......I'm going to make myself a grilled cheese sandwich

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