ST Alpha - "it is an example, if you are using murder as the only reason to execute someone." (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 157

it is an example, if you are using murder as the only reason to execute someone.

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Oct 20 '09, 07:38

you have 10,000 murders out there, out of 10,000 if 1% of them are caught and obviously guilty, the numbers are still way to low IMO

Responses:

[deleted] 12
- are you saying that 1% of murderers in the US are executed? - groiny Oct 20, 07:40 11
  - [deleted] 10
    - well, the state isn't doing it on purpose. -- nm - TFox Oct 20, 07:45 9
      - if they convict a man to death, it's 'on purpose.' -- nm - Andie Oct 20, 07:48 4
        
        yes, on purpose, with a purpose that, admittedly will never be 100% foolproof. nothing can be. -- nm - TFox Oct 20, 07:50 3
        
        you know how you could not accidently kill an innocent man? don't use the death penalty. - Andie Oct 20, 07:52 1
        
        my point isn't so much that we should use it more, or expand it, or speed it up. - TFox Oct 20, 07:55
        
        which is why it's a good idea to be able to take it back. -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 07:52
      - [deleted] 3
        
        that's spin, lawyer-boy. the system is not intending to kill innocent people. murderers are. that's why it's called "murder". -- nm - TFox Oct 20, 07:49 2
        
        how does *accidentally* killing an innocent person make them any less dead? -- nm - Andie Oct 20, 07:56
        
        [deleted]

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.