Sailor (07-21-2019)
Sailor (07-21-2019)
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
It's interesting, when i was younger i was very pro death penalty. And I still am today to a degree but I'm more wary now based on the number of people we've seen falsely accused of crimes and have spent decades in prison. I feel like it should only be used for the most heinous of crimes when there is no question as to the guilt of the person. So it would still be an option but only used rarely. just my opinion of course.
And I tend to agree with this. I didn’t answer the other guy but there are cases where we know without a shred of doubt the person is guilty. These people should executed strait-way, IMO. And yes, I believe there is a place for life without parole ... when a case is based on circumstantial evidence or something similar.
I will use my cousins as an example. Two of them killed three people back in the late 70’s. They were high or drunk or whatever. They have been serving life sentences since then. There is no doubt as to their guilt. Estranged from family, confined to prison...they are a couple of extremely mean, old men now ... kept alive on the state’s dime. They’ve assaulted inmates and guards over the years ... my aunt (no longer living) exhausted her finances on appeals. In the long run everyone involved would have been better off were the death penalty the sentence. But I don’t believe in it for every case.
And when you think about it, it is only used rarely today. The government is making more sure in cases where it is carried out. I still maintain, based on my belief in the Bible and what it teaches concerning government, that is their responsibility to do so.
I will conclude with this thought: If it were used promptly when guilt is known then there’d be no room for this “The DP costs more than life without parole” business.
I saw Dylan Roof mentioned in a post above because someone quoted a poster that I have on ignore. As I recall he is the guy who shot up the Charleston church during a Wednesday service several years ago killing several. He should have been dealt with by now.
Sailor (07-21-2019), USFREEDOM911 (07-21-2019)
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