It's time to bring the death penalty back!

[Colpy]

Why would an innocent person be found guilty?

Because the courts are far from perfect.

Marshall, Milgaard, Morin.........all guilty in the eyes of the law, all exonerated later. They would have been executed. Steven Truscott, sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit....he was 14.....

the law is an ass.

 

[JLM]

JLM, he's talking about himself. It is his position (and you may even agree with him) that if he takes the life of another human in the name of justice, then he is innocent. It is my position that if he takes the life of another human, he is no better and should be the next in line for prison.

On this VanIsle we'd have to agree to disagree.

 

[TenPenny]

Why would an innocent person be found guilty?

If you ask a question like this, you have no business debating capital punishment, because you lack any knowledge of our system of courts.

 

[Cliffy]

If you ask a question like this, you have no business debating capital punishment, because you lack any knowledge of our system of courts.

I think he is just trigger happy.

 

[VanIsle]

I think he is just trigger happy.

Cliff - I so agree with you. How are you anyway? Looking after yourself?

 

[Nuggler]

Yeah, I like the way you think. You're a smart man, kreskin. :lol: I'm sorry that I made fun of your obesity problem. :lol:

At least you didn't mention his halitosis.





better than no breath at all.:canada:

 

[Nuggler]

Why would an innocent be executed?

Surely you jest!!

Because eye witnesses can be wrong, cops only want a conviction above all else, judges are probably dissipated to the point of not giving a ****.

And what Colpy said.

...............yer trollin, right!:-?

 

[Cliffy]

Cliff - I so agree with you. How are you anyway? Looking after yourself?

Very good! Went out for a walk with a young friend yesterday and ended up running up a very long steep staircase at the water front. Made my legs feel like rubber but it did it without chest pain. Trying to keep up with that girl is the most excise I've had in years. Now if she only didn't have a hang up about our age difference....

 

[JLM]

Very good! Went out for a walk with a young friend yesterday and ended up running up a very long steep staircase at the water front. Made my legs feel like rubber but it did it without chest pain. Trying to keep up with that girl is the most excise I've had in years. Now if she only didn't have a hang up about our age difference....

You didn't tell her your age, Cliff??????????????

 

[TenPenny]

That objection is usually overcome by being filthy rich.

 

[Cliffy]

That objection is usually overcome by being filthy rich.

Well, I'm filthy poor.... Oh Crap!

 

[TenPenny]

Seems like as good a place as any to point out one of the best headlines ever:
Gay rapist beat up paedophile couple after catching them having sex in prison chapel

Gay rapist beat up paedophile couple after catching them having sex in prison chapel - The Daily Record

 

[Risus]

Because the courts are far from perfect.

Marshall, Milgaard, Morin.........all guilty in the eyes of the law, all exonerated later. They would have been executed. Steven Truscott, sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit....he was 14.....

the law is an ass.

With the new DNA tests available, cases such as Truscott's would not happen.

 

[VanIsle]

Surely you jest!!

Because eye witnesses can be wrong, cops only want a conviction above all else, judges are probably dissipated to the point of not giving a ****.

And what Colpy said.

...............yer trollin, right!:-?

Nug, you have this backwards. Judges convict (or not). The cops are the ones who are dissipated. They spend hours working on a case to have a judge throw it out or hand out a suspended sentence. Sorry but in my opinion, our Judges are THE problem with the Justice system. Maybe that's why the police don't do such a good job of things anymore. They know when they get a case to court all their work is for naught. They can be given a court date and then sit in the court house for hours only to have the case dismissed when it comes to their particular case. How hard would you work for that?

 

[JLM]

Nug, you have this backwards. Judges convict (or not). The cops are the ones who are dissipated. They spend hours working on a case to have a judge throw it out or hand out a suspended sentence. Sorry but in my opinion, our Judges are THE problem with the Justice system. Maybe that's why the police don't do such a good job of things anymore. They know when they get a case to court all their work is for naught. They can be given a court date and then sit in the court house for hours only to have the case dismissed when it comes to their particular case. How hard would you work for that?

Prosecutors and juries convict, judges act as umpires and hand down sentences.

 

[JLM]

With the new DNA tests available, cases such as Truscott's would not happen.

That's the very reason we should be getting up to date and reinstating the death penalty.

 

[TenPenny]

Prosecutors and juries convict, judges act as umpires and hand down sentences.

That would depend on whether or not it's a jury trial, wouldn't it?

 

[Risus]

That's the very reason we should be getting up to date and reinstating the death penalty.

I'm behind you 100% on this one!

 

[gerryh]

for those of you that are so hot to reinstate the death penalty, would you be willing to lay YOUR life on the line if a mistake was made and an innocent person was wrongly convicted and put to death?

 

[darkbeaver]

for those of you that are so hot to reinstate the death penalty, would you be willing to lay YOUR life on the line if a mistake was made and an innocent person was wrongly convicted and put to death?

You are right of course. So it's life with no parole for convicted psycopathic murderers, which has got to be cruel and unusal punishment for anyone. There is no way we can escape being inhumane whatever we decide. Execution of innocents can only be avoided by no executions at all.