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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Let's go even more 19th century. It can even be public and involve either a hanging, decapitation, or gun range (I can't believe there's a state that still has that).
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I think it's gone now, it was just grandfathered in for anyone convicted before the change.
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Originally Posted by MysticCat
You may remember our discussion but obviously you didn't understand it if you're asking why we can't just despense with a trial and hang him now. Because. It. Would. Be. Unconstitutional. Not to mention uncivilized.
Seriously, I'm sorry but I just don't have much patience with this. I'll be the first to admit that the criminal justice isn't perfect -- in some cases far from it. And I'll gladly listen to informed criticisms and engage in discussions about them. But I have little patience with criticisms -- complete with  s and $s -- that demonstrate appalling ignorance of the some of the basic constitutional principles this country is founded on -- principles that a fifth grader should know. |
Not to mention that many countries have found that the death penalty itself isn't civilized.
/cosigns MC for the rest of the thread.