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Amnesty says execution rate dropping in the U.S.

World Mar. 25, 2009 - 03:00AM JST ( 13 )

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SuperLibMar. 25, 2009 - 11:29AM JST

Yay!
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IchyaWarFareMar. 25, 2009 - 11:34AM JST

That sucks.
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TheQuestionMar. 25, 2009 - 12:02PM JST

What kind of message does that send to criminals? You kill a few people and then the government takes care of you for the rest of your life. What a great deal.

Worried that you'll get bullied in prison? Just kill a few fellow inmates, then they'll leave you alone. Don't like the confinement? You are guaranteed time outside everyday. Don't like the other inmates? Beat a few people to within an inch of their life and you get solitary.

No decent person thinks like this right? But then again a man that brutally stabs a woman to death for not wanting him (Robert Newland) or woman that kills her husband and children for insurance money (Frances Newton) can hardely be considered decent.
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moonbeamsMar. 25, 2009 - 01:12PM JST

Some people kill to get the death penalty.

Some people kill to get taken care of for life.

Some people will find death worse than a life term.

Some people will prefer death over a life term.
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skipthesongMar. 25, 2009 - 02:01PM JST

I wish the guys who killed my dad got the DP. Seems sometimes that more effort is giving to those who commit the crimes than to the victims. And then you get to get out on good behavior?

Amnesty should put their efforts into reducing crime and then perhaps the death penalty would be gone. Criticizing the punishment and not the crimes boggles me.
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adaydreamMar. 25, 2009 - 02:06PM JST

I know that across time I've seen too many innocent people just about executed and with the cost of trials, appeals and stays it's more cost effective to keep death penalty convicts locked up forever. < :-)
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ClassWarUKMar. 25, 2009 - 02:26PM JST

Barbaric state sanctioned murder, rightly condemned by intelligent folk.

U.S is in the same league as Iran and N Korea, and i always thought they were the good guys maaaaaaaan.
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skipthesongMar. 25, 2009 - 03:24PM JST

Barbaric state sanctioned murder, rightly condemned by intelligent folk." Then would the intelligent folk please start condemning the barbaric state of crime!
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dennis0bauerMar. 25, 2009 - 03:27PM JST

Because of the economic crisis? no gas/electricity for the gas chamber/electric chair?
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ClassWarUKMar. 25, 2009 - 03:30PM JST

skipthesong: Yeah your excuses are those that Iran, N Korea, China and many m\Mid East country's use. Don't mean it's right dude, you know what i'm saying buddy?
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skipthesongMar. 25, 2009 - 08:25PM JST

class: No, I don't know what you are saying..

If you know someone killed another for no reason other than trying to a few bucks, you are telling me you would prefer to let this person be free one day?
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JoeBigsMar. 25, 2009 - 08:29PM JST

Of course execution rates are dropping in the States, a Bush is not in office! LOL
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teleprompterMar. 25, 2009 - 08:35PM JST

article: Last year [2008] saw only 37 executions in the U.S., the smallest number in more than a decade, according to the human rights group, which opposes the death penalty.

"joebigs": Of course execution rates are dropping in the States, a Bush is not in office! LOL