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Old 09-08-2009, 03:19 PM   #55
classicman
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Originally Posted by DanaC View Post
Too many people get convicted and go to prison only to have their cases overturned years later, for the death penalty ever to be considered safe.
What percentage would you attribute to this "Too many"? Just asking. Please just don't say "even one is too many" I'm trying to quantify this.
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Originally Posted by DanaC View Post
Electrocutions can take many minutes of agony. Lethal injection also often causes agony.
That they have been brutal does not mean that we should be brutal.
Good - I hope they die a horribly painful death. For someone to actually make it through to where the death penalty is actually meted out, they must be a virtual monster. No mercy deserved. Toss 'em out like yesterdays garbage.
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