What would your decision be....

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Nothing new going on here?? Not even one good hanging!! see that's the hole problem in a nut shell....The people got to stand up and say lets hang some badguys!!!...........

Executions decline during election years. People want those votes, so the ones who are against the death penalty (usually liberals) will find cause in somepiece of crap like Bobby Cutts Jr (woot! took this thread FULL CIRCLE!!) and fight to save their hide. Others (usually conservatives) will make promises thatyour family will be safe, for he or she is dedicated to keeping your city/state/neighbourhood free of crime.<br><br>It's all BS. I've heard enough broken promises by politicians in my lifetime to know better.<br><br>Time to throw a curveball. What about the families of the perpetrator? Aren't they being punished as well, by having a family member offed by the state? Isay they are. They are being punished BY their family member, who took the life (or lives) of someone else (or others). It's not the fault of the state.It's the fault of their own family member, who committed a heinous crime.<br><br>I look at the coverage of the recent killings in Memphis and how they showed the perp's mother on the news. The poor woman was crying her eyes out. I knowthat look. She's had her world ripped apart. Her baby boy killed <em>his own brother</em> and others. She wonders where she went wrong. She deservesunderstanding and she deserves to have someone tell her, "Ma'am, you did nothing wrong. You raised your boy the best you could. His mind wasn'tright."<br><br>Do I wish for the death penalty for this guy? Part of me says yes; you do the crime, you pay the penalty. But this case is different. There is background. Theguy probably <em>was</em> raised to be an upstanding citizen. He served in the military. That's where things went wrong. Like so many others these days,people come home from fighting in the middle east with their minds really screwed up. I saw similar when our guys came home from Viet Nam. Having to killchildren, who were taught to walk up to soldiers and blow themselves up, before they could kill our guys certainly left an impression. That's just one typeof case. There are other factors, I believe, such as environmental and chemical. Look at yesterday's reports of very poor quality water being given to ourpeople in Iraq, supplied to them by a subsidiary of Haliburton. Does it surprise anyone any longer, when that company name is mentioned in a negative light?<br><br>Back on the subject of the guy in Memphis... in this case, knowing only current details, I'd say no, he does not deserve the death penalty. He didn'tplan to kill a bunch of people. That alone removes one of the main criterion required to charge someone with the death penalty.<br><br>I just looked for the latest details and it appears that he killed his brother following an argument, then apparently decided to kill the remaining peoplethere because they were witnesses. So maybe he didn't "crack" after all. Gads what a mess.<br><br>I still wanna know what happened to that express lane they were supposed to be putting in an express lane down in Huntsville. Twenty-six executions in Texaslast year; zero this year. Election year. Told ya.

What they must be smoking crack, I vote for the one that hangs the most.......or a good hanging gets my vote!!

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Yes I seen this on the news a number of times. I just don't understand! Why? What goes through someones head, lets go shoot someone with a bow!<br><br>Maybe if the DP was used more a lot more it would give fools that do this stuff something to think about before they go out and take a life for no reason.

man that would totally suck, slow death and very painful.

<img height="15" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15" alt="image">Hey look on the brightside,...there'd be a run on archery equipment if guns were confiscated! Drive by archering will become the norm. The bad guy is gonna jump out of a van outfront of the bank with his bow and arrow disguised as an Indian and be seen as a credible threat. He gets one shot, then he's shot by the armed guard atthe bank, but he'll never rob anything once he lets an arrow go, because his weapon is now redundant. It would be a no win for anyone using those in apractical manner to co-erce most potential victims. Who's child would do what that assailant did? Maybe what we need instaed of the death penalty would besomething more like Eugenics. Less barbaric. It's been up for discussion in the media in the past. You need to apply and be approved to have a baby.Everyone who is rejected gets sterilized. That couldn't be any more barbaric, and in fact, less barbaric.

hey Andy...i may have missed this question in all of your ramblings.....but i take it you are for guns being confiscated?! hows about some good reasons as towhy that is a good idea. i'd be really interested to see what you have to say.