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"2003-FEB-10: AR: State can make inmate sane enough to execute: By a close ruling of 6 to 5, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that prison officials can force an inmate on death row to take antipsychotic medication, in order to make him sane enough to execute."
((I personally find that completely immoral, and insane... More than any living human could possibly be.... That's just not right!))
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A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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It actually does cost more money to execute someone than to imprison them for life. But I don't see money as being the main issue here.
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Thanks Lightning, to see that a) I'm not the only one thinking that, and that b) as your opinoin as a MD,
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fragst mich, wo wir gewesen sind...
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i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
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Originally posted by Millenium
I'm for capital punishment. I don't see the difference between letting someone rot away in prison for 40+ years. I don't see why MY money should be used to support a dead-end life of someone who has commited an untolorable crime.
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I also believe that any inmate who wishes to be put to death should at any point in their sentence be allowed to be put to death if they so choose.
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Originally posted by Rouge Dragon
i heard something on the radio the other day that i thought was interesting:
an american is seeking asylum in canada because if he goes back to the US he will be executed. why? because he deserted the army. personally i find that law so archaic and draconic. it just doesnt seem like something a "civilised" country would do.
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"Welcome to the U-S-A,
We'll treat you right, unless you're black or gay, or Cherokeeeeee!!"
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i heard something on the radio the other day that i thought was interesting:
an american is seeking asylum in canada because if he goes back to the US he will be executed. why? because he deserted the army. personally i find that law so archaic and draconic. it just doesnt seem like something a "civilised" country would do. i agree that they need soimething to deter people from deserting, but the death penalty just seems a bit medieval.
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Hinzman knows if he returns to the United States he will be arrested and sent to jail. If convicted at a military court-martial of deserting in a time of war, he could face lethal injection.
But even during the height of the Vietnam War, when thousands of soldiers deserted rather than go to Southeast Asia, none received the ultimate penalty. Not since World War II has a soldier been executed for desertion.
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If the Army chooses to prosecute Mejia, he most likely would be charged with absence without leave or desertion. Penalties could range from dishonorable discharge to five years in prison, Resnick said.
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END NOTE: Some military offenses, such as desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, carry the death sentence as maximum punishment. However, no death sentences have actually been executed for any military offense in the US Armed Forces since Jan 1945, when Private Eddie Slovik, a convicted deserter, dies by firing such as [sic] premeditated murder or rape, have taken place in the US Armed Forces since 1961.
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i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
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12.01 years is the average length of stay on Death Row prior to execution. Source: Florida Department of Corrections
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I read just last week about people who are about to be freed from death row because of DNA testing on evidence that has been sitting on a shelf for 30+ years. There are too many wrongfully convicted prisoners to endorse a death penalty.
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heard something on the radio the other day that i thought was interesting:
an american is seeking asylum in canada because if he goes back to the US he will be executed. why? because he deserted the army.
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In 2002, 71 persons in 13 States were executed -- 33 in Texas; 7 in Oklahoma, 6 in Missouri; 4 each in Georgia and Virginia, 3 each in Florida, South Carolina, and Ohio; 2 each in Alabama, Mississippi, and North Carolina; and 1 each in Louisiana and California.
Of persons executed in 2002:
-- 53 were white
-- 18 were black
Of those executed in 2002:
-- 69 were men
-- 2 were women
Lethal injection accounted for 70 of the executions; 1 was carried out by electrocution.
Thirty-eight States and the Federal government in 2002 had capital statutes.
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Most of these years are spent in the courts, which costs an insane amount of money. And the cost of facilities on Death Row is higher per inmate than in a typical jail.
Also, the death penalty simply does not work. A New York Times study found that in the last 20 tears, the homicide rate in states with the death penalty has been 48%-101% higher than in states without the death penalty.
Then there's the simple fact that mistake occur & innocent people die. What percentage risk or success rate would be acceptable to you?
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As for your last point, is keeping an innocent person in an 8x10 cell for the rest of their entire life acceptable to you? I don't think so. How is this any different than the death penalty if we are talking strictly about wrongful punishment?
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Can you tell me, what is your response to the fact that innocent people die because of capital punishment?
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Also, I can't recall my exact source (which always annoys me, but I believe it was the Sunday Times) but I have read that the legal course to convict and appeal death sentances are generally more protracted and costly than other convictions. The average appeal for a lifer is not 12 years, but that's what sometimes happens for decades on death row.
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The fact of the matter is that killing should not happen! And if we're not allowed to kill, then why is a jury and judge allowed to say "we find you guilty and sentance you to death by lethal injection".
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Which is more moreally correct? Killing your wife because she cheated on you for several years after you devoted your whole life to her
or
getting injections that will stop you from breathing and your heart for pumping because your reason for life turned on you and back stabbed you.
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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Sure, there will always be the few cases out of how many thousands or hundreds of thousands where someone is freed after 30-ish years, but that number is quite insignificant in the long run.
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and if you let your emotions get in the way of common justice