bigjohn2441
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all the libruls probably want him to go free cause his last name is Muhammad.
Fuck him.
Ask the victim's relatives how they feel about him.
all the libruls probably want him to go free cause his last name is Muhammad.
with all due respect, justice isn't about making the families of victims feel better, or about allowing them to exact whatever revenge they see fit.
And we've pretty much summed up the reason why Diamond started this thread, his Muslim bashing wasn't going very far in the other thread so he thought this would be a slam dunk.
i see nothing to be gained by the death penalty. there is no use for it.
Prison overcrowding.
make weed legal?
Prison overcrowding.
Revenge isn't even part of the process..
The correct, righteous use of justice does make some people feel partially compensated
Prison overcrowding.
The death penalty is the biggest travesty in the justice system today, and one of the worst things about the United States. It's ineffective, costly, inhumane, and has on numerous occasions been used to kill people innocent of the crimes they were charged with.
i wouldn't say it's ineffective. i heard it works like a charm. if only they'd bring back public hangings. to help with the costs, they could sell tickets to the event, maybe have some entertainment afterwards. as long as the evildoers get what's coming.
if we kill off every psychofuck in this world, how are we going to learn to treat them, learn the causes and prevent them in the future, and progress as a society? or is that not the goal here?
Jarratt, Virginia (CNN) -- -- Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad, 48, was executed Tuesday by lethal injection, a Virginia prisons spokesman said.
Cure them? There is no way to cure them. Learn to treat them? Has this worked so far all these years? No, it has not.
A psychiatric evaluation obtained by his lawyers determined that despite an “ability to sometimes show a superficial
brightness,” Muhammad did not have “a reasonable degree of rational understanding.” The psychiatrist concluded that
he “was not competent to stand trial,” that his “ability to make decisions and understand the proceedings was impaired,”
and that his “judgment and ability to think logically were severely compromised.” Magnetic Resonance Imaging revealed
that John Muhammad’s brain had serious abnormalities, including a shrunken cortex, indicating a loss of brain tissue
likely to have been caused by a severe injury to the head. Another abnormality found in his brain is sometimes associated
with schizophrenia, and two experts retained concluded that Muhammad probably suffered from this serious mental
illness. This opinion was consistent with indications that John Muhammad suffered from delusional and bizarre thinking.
Other testing indicated that he had severe cognitive impairments.
Because John Muhammad refused to be interviewed by the prosecution’s psychiatrist, however, the trial judge ruled that
no expert testimony could be introduced, greatly reducing the defence lawyers” ability to protect Muhammad from the
death penalty. They had built a mitigation case based around the testimony of a mental health expert. Among other
things, according to Muhammad’s appeal lawyers, his relatives and others had provided the expert with “heart-wrenching
stories of the abuse and neglect Muhammad suffered as a child - beatings with hoses and electrical cords, denial of food,
clothing and basic necessities, and suffering on a scale difficult to imagine.” Mental health experts have linked this abuse
with John Muhammad’s brain dysfunction.
make weed legal?
what religion are you again?
Did you know it costs the government over $2 million more to have a prisoner executed than to have them serve a life sentence?
How do some of you deal with the glaring contradictions of your moral teachings? Is it just towing the party line or pure bloodlust?
i think the death penalty is great. i'm all about getting revenge on those sons of bitches, as long as it's done in a humane, tastful way.
Your tongue in cheek aside, do you really think it works? Based on what, please? I've been researching in criminology for too many years now, and have never once seen any empirical or otherwise supporting data for the death penalty.
But hey, I know I'm a bad guy for caring more about the victims' families (who overwhelmingly seem to support the DP) than the criminal who did such-and-such to a family or families. In situations of mass killings or sensational crimes with scientific evidence to back it up, the DP simply must be used. I don't buy the whole "He'll suffer more in prison because he'll think about it everyday" nonsense...
would you also gladly have your taxes raised in support of healthcare, or roading?
I know I'm in the minority here and that is fine, but I would gladly be the one that pulls the trigger on these monsters.
What do you mean by roading?