>>>>>>>>>>It doesn't change my disaprobation of the death penalty an iota. It still a barbar practice that shouldn't exist in any evoluate society.
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>>>>>>>>>>I still think that a lifetime sentence with no chance of liberation is a far greater punishment.
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>>>>>>>>>To the taxpayers, anyway.
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>>>>>>>>As I keep pointing out - it is cheaper to keep them locked up for 100's of years than it is to execute.
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>>>>>>>Not if you get it over with rather than play lawyer games for decades.
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>>>>>>And what about the dozens of people that they've discovered are innocent years after the fact? Without the appeals and time they would of killed an innocent person....and if you've been following the case in Texas this has probably already happened at least once in recent years. You're certainly entitled to your view - but I disagree with your logic here.
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>>>>>How many people might still be alive today rather than being victims of some of these ba$turds if criminals knew crime would be punished harshly?
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>>>>Zero. Statistics prove that criminals who commit murder are not worried about the consequences. There are many studies that proves this, but the most obvious one is that once a state implements the death penalty, the murder rate does NOT go down and often actually goes up.
>>>
>>>Please cite your sources.
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>>There are zillions, but this is a good place to start:
>>http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
>>http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-about-deterrence-and-death-penalty
>>
>>...and you can look here:
>>http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/murder-rates-1996-2008
>>...which has a chart that shows the murder-rates. You'll clearly see that the states with the highest murder rates on the the ones that impose the death penalty.
>
>Kind of like asking Al Jeseera (sp?) for fair and unbiased evaluation of the war against terror, eh?

Not at all. The states are the one providing those numbers.

>>Also keep in mind that since 1973 there have been 139 people from 26 states that have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence....and I think were up to 9 so far this year. Thus, for every 8 executions carried out, there has been one person formerly death on row who is now deemed innocent. ONE OUT OF 8!!!!!!!!
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>>Considering all this without even taking into account the cost factor I do not see how anyone can determine that is logical (or moral) for the death penalty to exist here in in the USA.
>>
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>>>>>Rather than worry about whether criminals have proper television to watch, make jail time time in a box (small cell). Throw food in. Shoot them if they attempt to get out. They break something - too bad. Keep them from freezing. Keep them from broiling. Let them out when their sentence is over. Make them work for food. No work - starve.
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>>>>>Commit a murder? Bang. Put executions on Fox Reality TV so people understand they DO happen.
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>>>>Well, as an American I like certain things - like the constitution and bill of rights for example. If you really feel this way perhaps you should move to some other country - or perhaps the 13th century...hahaha.
>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>It's the kind of thing that sometimes makes me start to rethink my feelings on capital punishment. But, having said that, we should probably wait for a conviction first.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>After all:
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>>>>>>>>>>>Davis reported Shaniya missing Tuesday. Authorities first arrested a man named Clarence Coe, but charges against him were dropped a day later when investigators tracked down McNeill after receiving a tip from a hotel employee.
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>>>>>>>>>>>When Coe was charged, we'd probably have felt the same way toward him.