CT to repeal death penalty

[betamanlet]

Running from the straightforward questions, yet again?

Thought so.....

So you going to show an example of an innocent person being executed?

Or do you need to make another movie?

[Norman]

Liberal guilt. A feel good moment.

You're a phony and a hypocrite...where's your outrage for Haley Barbour???

[Amacada]

So you going to show an example of an innocent person being executed?

Or do you need to make another movie?

For the third time - a very simple question:

Should any victim of crime be able to demand the death penalty for the perpetrator?

Yes or no?

It really is a straightforward question.

[THE_1]

It's necessary. Unlike the death penalty, if good evidence is found in the defendant/convict's favor, the decision can be reversed and the prisoner pardoned.

Carry out a death sentence on an innocent man? Too bad, too late; you've just used the state justice system to commit murder.

Besides which, it's rather difficult to commit to a morality that calls for the sanctity of all human life if you're willing to take someone who, while in prison poses no threat to the outside world (note: while in prison, locked away, and kept watch over by armed guards), strap them to a board, and poison them.

I agree with your overall premise; however, criminals kill in prison on a fairly regular basis. Unfortunately, the victims include staff.

[Passerine]

Too bad you libs need to make movies to have wrongly convicted people executed. Maybe you can have Kevin Spacey star in another one?

http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/i...-and-innocence

checkmate.

[betamanlet]

http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/i...-and-innocence

checkmate.

Where does that show an innocent person being excuted?

You might want to learn out to play chess before you start using chess terms, makes you look less stupid.

[betamanlet]

I agree with your overall premise; however, criminals kill in prison on a fairly regular basis. Unfortunately, the victims include staff.

That's just a small price to pay for a liberal feel good moment.

[Amacada]

And the avoidance continues....as predicted.

[michiganjoe]

Take a good look at the woman and children these thugs murdered -- and tell me again why they deserve to live.

They're not affected by the change and you probably should have read the article.

[Passerine]

Where does that show an innocent person being excuted?

You might want to learn out to play chess before you start using chess terms, makes you look less stupid.

From Amnesty International, a non-partisan human rights organization:

Since 1973, over 130 people have been released from death rows throughout the country due to evidence of their wrongful convictions. In 2003 alone, 10 wrongfully convicted defendants were released from death row.

Moreover,

"I cannot support a system which, in its administration, has proven so fraught with error and has come so close to the ultimate nightmare, the state's taking of innocent life... Until I can be sure that everyone sentenced to death in Illinois is truly guilty, until I can be sure with moral certainty that no innocent man or woman is facing a lethal injection, no one will meet that fate."

checkmate, mate.

[betamanlet]

Is George Ryan the only former governor of ILlinois that isn't in prison right now?

You still haven't shown a single example of an innocent person being executed.

[dialtone]

Yes, procedural issuse were much less complex back in the days of short ropes and long drops.

goodtimes huh?

[Amacada]

Is George Ryan the only former governor of ILlinois that isn't in prison right now?

You still haven't shown a single example of an innocent person being executed.

Should any victim of crime be able to demand the death penalty for the perpetrator?

Simple question.
You've avoided it three times.
Man up beta. Back your arguments or admit that you're wrong.

How about you dabble in some alpha behaviour for a change?

[betamanlet]

goodtimes huh?

I bet you back then they didn't have 49 people shot in chicago in 2 days, even during the roaring 20s.

How liberals have made life so much better!

[dialtone]

I bet you back then they didn't have 49 people shot in chicago in 2 days, even during the roaring 20s.

How liberals have made life so much better!

of course they weren't all shot, didn't you see he said short rope and long whatever?

[Passerine]

Is George Ryan the only former governor of ILlinois that isn't in prison right now?

You still haven't shown a single example of an innocent person being executed.

Begging the question and JAQing off as usual, I see.

Try this one on for size: Cameron Todd Willingham.

He was executed in 2007 for aggravated murder In 1991 a fire, ruled an arson, killed his three daughters but Willingham managed to escape. Shortly after his execution, however, doubts about his guilt began to crop up. The fire investigators' evidence was challenged as being far outdated, and the only other witness to the crime was a drug addict who was taking antipsychotics, hardly someone who you would consider a source reliable enough to use in a capital murder case.

[Passerine]

Is George Ryan the only former governor of ILlinois that isn't in prison right now?

You still haven't shown a single example of an innocent person being executed.

Do you believe that throwing away a few innocent human lives is okay as long as we make sure we kill the murderers? If so, that shows how much you [don't] respect the sanctity of human life.

[betamanlet]

Begging the question and JAQing off as usual, I see.

Try this one on for size: Cameron Todd Willingham.

He was executed in 2007 for aggravated murder In 1991 a fire, ruled an arson, killed his three daughters but Willingham managed to escape. Shortly after his execution, however, doubts about his guilt began to crop up. The fire investigators' evidence was challenged as being far outdated, and the only other witness to the crime was a drug addict who was taking antipsychotics, hardly someone who you would consider a source reliable enough to use in a capital murder case.

http://camerontoddwillingham.com/?cat=5&paged=2

Yes, because copying and pasting from a blog DEVOTED to him is a really objective source

[betamanlet]

Do you believe that throwing away a few innocent human lives is okay as long as we make sure we kill the murderers? If so, that shows how much you [don't] respect the sanctity of human life.

You still haven't proved with an objective source that an innocent person has ever been executed.

Got any more blogs from all sorts of leftie sources you'd like to copy and paste from? Maybe some from marxists ones too? I could use a laugh.

[Amacada]

You still haven't proved with an objective source that an innocent person has ever been executed.

Got any more blogs from all sorts of leftie sources you'd like to copy and paste from? Maybe some from marxists ones too? I could use a laugh.

Do you believe the victim of a crime should be able to demand the death penalty for the perpetrator?

Going to ignore it for the 5th time, little man?

Do you have a spine?