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What are your feelings on the Death Penalty?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1551077:MV8xNjQ2MDU4XzI3MTkxMTQ4XzdGMDQwREND] I WAS in favor of it. My son was raped when he was 5 by his counselor at a YMCA. I could have killed that sicko, easy, but they locked him up, where the courts have kept him ever since. Funny, someone who kills someone in a bar fight will get the death penalty. Even though a life ended, I don't see that as evil as what that mofo did to my son and the other boys. I don't think the death penalty is evenly applied. If the county doesn't have enough money to go through the very expensive process, the guy won't get executed. If he's got a crappy lawyer who doesn't introduce evidence, it can never be introduced, even if it could prove him innocent. So I don't think our justice system is really equipped to end life. I don't think it is our place. It's too random, too racist, and leaves out one big part of what can happen to individuals - redemption. I think the world would be better off without some evil people breathing its air. But I don't want to kill 99 guilty people and 1 innocent person just so the 99 can die. It's not justice if it's not justice. So no. I no longer believe that we should execute people in the USA. [/quote]
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The death penalty is a very hot topic, and I would like your thoughts, insight and ideas. Is it right for us as a society to have the death penalty? Will we be able to move forward as a human race if we have such laws? Is there another answer to deal with violent crimes? These are topics that every society has to deal with. Are we doing the right thing?
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