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drmeow

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2. I've never understood why

Reply to aquamarina (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 03:34 PM

Aug 2020

The death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment but life in prison without parole is not. I'm against the death penalty for a lot of reasons but in a situation where the person is clearly and unambiguously guilty, except for pain associated with the execution itself, the sentence seems more a punishment of the family and people who love/care about the prisoner than of the prisoner. Life in prison without parole seems to me to cause more suffering to the prisoner.

I do have a somewhat unusual view of death so that is part of it

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I have no problem letting this guy rot in prison for a few decades. aquamarina Aug 2020 #1

I've never understood why drmeow Aug 2020 #2

I think it is the fear of knowing exactly when you are going to die aquamarina Aug 2020 #3

I'm 100% against the death penalty but, JenniferJuniper Aug 2020 #4