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atxgun wrote:

AJSully421 wrote: But really, I am very ok with the death penalty simply because it is reserved for those who have taken a life in a merciless way, and there are so many safeguards to make sure we have the right guy.

How many times do you read in the news about somebody that's been locked up for the majority of their life being freed based off DNA evidence that wasn't available at the time of their conviction?

That's not to imply I disagree with the death penalty, just something to think about.

that's easy, overzealous DA... not to mention that the majority of these folks who were wrongly convicted are black, and that none were up for capital crimes, and those aforementioned safeguards were not then used. also, in many of those cases, the person admitted to wrong doing, and even plead guilty (Possibly they were guilty of other, equally serious crimes)

AFAIK, there has been only one Texas execution that has been later seriously questioned... Cantu 1993 (And even in that one, a gang member was the prime witness, and now says he lied on the stand... well, i don't believe ANYTHING that a gang member says)

I don't have a problem with the state killing people... it's an example to the others, and it even keeps my mind on making sure i am engaging in a clean SD shoot.

like I need another reason to shoot a criminal...

I cannot imagine what those two precious young ladies went through at the hands of this guy and his vatos... part of me wishes we could execute these people in the manner in which they murdered their innocent vitims (think of the 2 mile dragging of james byrd jr.) I also toy with the idea of capital punishment for child molesters.

The beauty of the death penalty is the symmetry. I think that Ron White says it best... "If you come to Texas and kill someone, we will kill you back." although, simply killing someone just because you're bored won't get you the needle... there has to be some sort of "double felony" like killing to rob, killing to rape... The problem is that the scum get it millions of times better than their victims, a nice "go to sleep" I.V. shot, and then a lethal cocktail... I'm thinking more along the lines of injecting draino, or muriatic acid or something...

But really, I am very ok with the death penalty simply becuase it is reserved for those who have taken a life in a merciless way, and there are so many safeguards to make sure we have the right guy.