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Don D

Scott Peterson. Death penalty or no?

nohr4u1yr

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 12-08-04 AT 09:02AM (CST)[/font][br][br]I see that several people have looked at your post Don but did not reply...

I will start it off - I vote for death penalty.

TN HR

Death.

MaryHR

An Eye for an Eye. Death

Whirlwind

No, because I think life in prison with ZERO chance of parole is a fate worse than death.

ray a

If he truly is the killer, then death penalty without question. I understand though that much of the case was built on circumstantial evidence.

Don D

'Scuse me Ray, but if you were walking out of a voting booth, that would not count as a vote. This is a poll on votes, not a philosophical debate. Please re-enter the booth. x:-)

ray a

Shoot first, ask questions later.

If guilty beyond all question and assuming the attorneys, jury and judge all did their jobs properly, death.

Don D

Remind me not to ask you what time it is.

Shadowfax

Death - the slowest way possible!

Parabeagle

Life in prison. No one should be put to death without direct, physical evidence.

ritaanz

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 12-08-04 AT 10:35AM (CST)[/font][br][br]What's your vote?
Thanks Beagpuss, but I was asking The Don. Hey Don, how are you voting?

Parabeagle

Life.

JudyT929

No. I can't think of any reason why anyone should be sentenced to death, seems barbaric to me.

mwild31

I'm a strong supporter of the death penalty, but in this case with much of the evidence circumstantial & weird things happening with the jury - I say NO to the death penalty & instead say life in prison.

LarryC

Life with Bubba!

marc

Life.

Molly04

Death

Whatever

I'm opposed to the death penalty. Therefore, life without chance of parole.

sonny

Life

MarilynR

I do believe in the death penalty, but for this horrid man I think he should get life without parole. And in his cell there should be pictures of his wife and baby when they were found.

HRinNH

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 12-08-04 AT 01:39PM (CST)[/font][br][br]What does it cost us taxpayers to keep a man like him in prison annually? I heard that it's around $42,000 per person. If he's done the deed, take him out kicking and screeming like he did his very pregnant wife.

Parabeagle

HRinNH, we have a killer in prison here in Oregon (killed 2 little girls) who pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty. The best guess as to cost for upkeep was $868,000 if he lives a normal life and dies in his 70s. The cost to execute him would have been around 2 million (due to automatic appeals, etc.). So in the long run, it's cheaper to warehouse them.

safety

That depends, is he in solitary confinement or protective custody? Put this child killer in with the general prison population and the cost will fall as fast as he does!

HRinNH

yep...if he doesn't get special treatment now that he's a 'celebrity' he won't last long.

Don D

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 12-08-04 AT 02:56PM (CST)[/font][br][br]HORSESHIT! 'scuse me. Those are such bogus figures from some liberal member of the ACLU somewhere! Please do factor in the cost of his multiple hospitalizations due to the beatings he would get over the next 45 years. And the cost of confining him in solitary. And the costs he will incur in counseling. And what it will cost after Garegos gets the court to order him a computer and private law library and writing materials.

Appeals are automatic. The cost will largely be that claimed by the petitioners who push the appeals and they will not reach two million. It will be far cheaper to fry him. But, it's not about cost. Never was. There is no mention in the law or the constitution about what it costs to enforce the law of the land.

The presentation of off-the-wall figures like these are just another slant on the pleas from the left to abolish the death penalty.

The only consolation I would find in his getting life would be the knowledge that this rotund, pale little chap will be very well received all up and down the hall by the other 'girls' on his wing.

Parabeagle

Oh, geez, Don, you're right. Those figures I quoted came from that bastion of left-leaning long-haired pinko liberals - the Oregon Department of Corrections! How could I POSSIBLY have taken them at face-value just because it's what THEY SAID??? Naturally, I should have asked them which liberal organization they contracted with to conspire to place that filthy piece of fiction in our local newspaper! I should be hoist on my own petard.

Don D

Don't get your panties in a wad Beagle! Geesh! You can debate with jumping around, screaming and blowing smoke out your nose. x:-)

Don D

I didn't vote, only posed the question. To nobody's surprise, I vote to fry him. In the event that state does not have electrocution or hanging, I will go along with injection.

Being a huge supporter of the death penalty, I have stood on the side of a rural highway at 10 o'clock at night in a cold drizzle, in front of a state prison, holding a candle for a murdered, raped three year old, while about 40 ACLU and Amnesty International members stood on the opposite side of the road from me holding candles in support of the bastard who that night we fried.

safety

Death. I saw on the news that he is on a suicide watch so it may not matter what the jury does; he’s on a death mission already. Give him a rope and spare the taxpayers the trouble.

DeidreFR5

I will never understand suicide watch for people convicted of murder. I agree - rope, secure rail and a rickety stool.