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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
As my husband said, if a cop is killed SOMEBODY has to die. Fair? Just? No. But probably accurate.
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Maybe in TX but not in MI
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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
Here's my opinion - life in prison is a lot harder on the person than killing them which I personally think lets them off the hook. And as a bonus, if it turns out the person was in fact innocent, it can be righted later. Plus, if a person was heinous enough (Jeffrey Dahmer) the prison population will take care of the problem. I think he lasted 2 weeks in prison, a damn site shorter than if he'd have gotten the death penalty which would have taken years to process. So my bent is really toward upping the punishment, not religious value.
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But wouldn't upping the punishment include....DEATH PENALTY?
It's been my observation that most criminals are very selfish people....their crimes are based on personal gain and they value themselves and their life much more than others. If the death penalty was an "easy out" like you said, you'd have people
ASKING for death during sentencing....yet it's always seems to be the other way around...
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