Comments on: New Jersey Abolishes Death Penalty

Gov. Corzine Signs Bill Banning Capital Punishment; First State To Do So In Four Decades

[cfin5]

Poor Megan and her folks. And the dumberncraps tout this as some kind of,......justice?

[shoebox119]

133 countries have abolished the death penalty, including nearly all industrialized, "first world" nations.

The United States, along with the "great" nations of Afghanistan, Cuba, India, Iraq, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, allow the death penalty.

We''re really keeping fine company, aren''t we, folks?

[roger_inkart]

I respect you thought and opinions even though I don not agree with everything you say. Be well and have a great holiday season.

Posted by DewJr88 at 07:11 PM : Dec 17, 2007

Thanks and same to you. I''ve enjoyed our discussion and felt that I learned something today. It''s nice to be able to have a back and forth online and have it be (mostly) civil.

[roger_inkart]

You tend to like statistics. Look up how this influences the young to lead the life of crime. We have certain races that tend to create more division that unity in our society, causing tensions and stress.

Posted by libsluvsuvs at 07:04 PM : Dec 17, 2007

Gulp! Are we looking at a ''Final Solution'' here? Or a civil war? Secession of the ''Red States?'' perhaps?

If it''s the last one - great! We''ll take California, New York, Minnesota, Washington, Oregon. You guys can have Alabama, Mississippi, South Dakota, New Mexico and Oklahoma! (kidding)

[dewjr88]

I do. And it is painful for me to see people who have committed horrible crimes go on living when their victims cannot. But we must evolve as a society. We must look at what is creating this problem, how to address it and what to do with those who cannot be allowed to live among us. Again, when we execute people what effect does that have on our society? We become barbarians, no better then the mullahs in Iran. I want the US to be the paragon of justice, morality and human rights. As long as we have capital punishment, our demands to nations like China to respect human right right hollow and false.

Until we do eliminate the death penalty we will live in a brutish and ignorant society caught up in an endless cycle of murder and death.

Roger,

I respect you thought and opinions even though I don not agree with everything you say. Be well and have a great holiday season.

[mikefrmd]

"Firstly, we change one of the fundamental problems in this cycle of murder and death. There are no ''''benefits'''' from having to lock someone up for life. But, again, it prevents an innocent person from being killed."

But what if they kill another inmate or guard?

What if they escape and then kill again?

How bout when some get paroled and then kill again?

It has happened before

[roger_inkart]

i said point taken..now i want to hear the BENEFITS in keeping convicted CRIMINALS locked up for life.

Posted by libsluvsuvs at 06:53 PM : Dec 17, 2007

Firstly, we change one of the fundamental problems in this cycle of murder and death. There are no ''benefits'' from having to lock someone up for life. But, again, it prevents an innocent person from being killed.

Another interesting fact: Of the top 20 states with the highest murder rate only one (Michigan) doesn''t have the DP. And it follows, of the bottom 20 only 11 don''t have the DP)

[fibonacci_]

Yea! Inject them. Burn them alive! Yea. We will show them. Electrocute them. Make them choke! They deserve it for what they did. Yeaaa! BLOOOOOD! BLOOOOOD! I want to rub their blood on my body.

[libsluvsuvs]

Posted by roger_inkart at 06:56 PM : Dec 17, 2007
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It would unfair to compare our crime problems with other nations. There are a lot of factors that influence crime, from family units, to what is %u2018norm%u2019, the diversity of its citizenry, etc, etc..

Here is my take on the %u2018roots%u2019 of the problem. We tend to glamorize crime, from our movies, to our video games, to our accept sports, to the people our children would look up to. Our family unit is going down the drain. You tend to like statistics. Look up how this influences the young to lead the life of crime. We have certain races that tend to create more division that unity in our society, causing tensions and stress.

And for my solution, I don%u2019t think you are ready to hear my solutions.

[roger_inkart]

Roger,

Isn''t that site a Anti Dealth penalty site?

Posted by MikefrMd at 06:51 PM : Dec 17, 2007

Yes, But facts are facts regardless of the source. And the facts are that clearly states with the death penalty suffer a higher murder rate then those that do not. While there are many factors involved, that statistic alone should give any pro-death penalty person reason to pause.