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Muhammad sentenced to DEATH in DC sniper shootings

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"For the unspeakably heinous crime of killing a person, we shall....uuh, kill you. Hmm. Seems odd when you put it that way."
 
Nik said:
Do you understand the concept of "inhumane"?

Yes, he deserves to die, but we don't need to lower ourselves to his level to accomplish the task.
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I'm sure if you crucified this piece of shit and castrated him with an olive fork, it'd deter at least one criminal from doing bad stuff. 🙂
 
purbeast0 said:
good.

my friends father was the taxi driver killed at the aspen hill gas station 🙁
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i lived and worked in montgomery county during this time and my daughter was about 3 yrs old. i can honestly say that this time period was probably the most horrific, terrifying time of my entire life. for 3 weeks i was scared to go anywhere, do anything, take my daughter anywhere, etc. i couldn't sleep, i didn't want to go to work, and just basically ceased to function normally.

a friend and i hung out one night at a bar in an attempt to be normal, and ended up meeting a bunch of the ATF guys working on the case there. we heard a lot of stuff from their point of view that wasn't made public at the time.

after everything i heard and saw during that time, and considering how basically an entire population of people's lives were so affected by this man (men), i truly believe that there is no punishment too great for him. yes, he/they killed people, but it was even more than that.

even writing this now and thinking about it brings me almost to tears, remembering how my life and the lives of everyone around me were affected.
 
fulltilt39 said:
i lived and worked in montgomery county during this time and my daughter was about 3 yrs old. i can honestly say that this time period was probably the most horrific, terrifying time of my entire life. for 3 weeks i was scared to go anywhere, do anything, take my daughter anywhere, etc. i couldn't sleep, i didn't want to go to work, and just basically ceased to function normally.

a friend and i hung out one night at a bar in an attempt to be normal, and ended up meeting a bunch of the ATF guys working on the case there. we heard a lot of stuff from their point of view that wasn't made public at the time.

after everything i heard and saw during that time, and considering how basically an entire population of people's lives were so affected by this man (men), i truly believe that there is no punishment too great for him. yes, he/they killed people, but it was even more than that.

even writing this now and thinking about it brings me almost to tears, remembering how my life and the lives of everyone around me were affected.
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Same here. I was living down in Virginia and it was crazy how it affected us. Hell, the Home Depot where the one person was murdered is literally 5 miles from my then apartment.
 
dabuddha said:
Which studies? And how exactly can they determine that this is false?
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You can do your own study if you like. Check state death penalty dates (along with when the state stopped using the death penalty) and judge that against violent crime rates in that same state during the period of time the state was offing people and then again after they decided to stop. I'm at work so I only have a few minutes at a time at my desk, otherwise I'd look them up for you.

This is a VERY popular topic. A simple google search will educate you quite a bit.
 
DanTMWTMP said:
but they're gonna kill him the "humane" way...
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he'll just feel like going to sleep right...?


GAS HIM....that death is slow and painful.
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Much like the thin mustasche only below the nose, hilter ruined that method of execution so that noone could use it ever again.
 
Mike Gayner said:
"For the unspeakably heinous crime of killing a person, we shall....uuh, kill you. Hmm. Seems odd when you put it that way."
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Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

IMO, it's not about deterrent, it's about punishment...and revenge.

I don't believe that those sentenced to death are entitled to a quiet, peaceful, painless death. It's not like most murderers were concerned about the victim's pain and suffering...

Gas em, hang em, spark em up...shoot them, burn them at the stake...I really don't fucking care, nor do I really care if the death is a deterrent to others committing murder.

Sadly, this country cares more about the rights of the criminal than they do about the rights of the victims of those criminals.
 
BoomerD said:
Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

IMO, it's not about deterrent, it's about punishment...and revenge.

I don't believe that those sentenced to death are entitled to a quiet, peaceful, painless death. It's not like most murderers were concerned about the victim's pain and suffering...

Gas em, hang em, spark em up...shoot them, burn them at the stake...I really don't fucking care, nor do I really care if the death is a deterrent to others committing murder.

Sadly, this country cares more about the rights of the criminal than they do about the rights of the victims of those criminals.
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Sadly, for many people like you, it's about bloodlust and revenge rather than societal safety, which is what all the laws and logic are based on.

I am not opposed to the DP per se, but I am opposed to even ONE mistake, and there have been hundreds, so for this reason, and the ridiculous cost, I am opposed to the DP.

I am vehemently opposed to your psychopathic line of reasoning.
 
Nik said:
You can do your own study if you like. Check state death penalty dates (along with when the state stopped using the death penalty) and judge that against violent crime rates in that same state during the period of time the state was offing people and then again after they decided to stop. I'm at work so I only have a few minutes at a time at my desk, otherwise I'd look them up for you.

This is a VERY popular topic. A simple google search will educate you quite a bit.
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I'm at work at the moment so don't have time but my original statement is almost 99% true.
dabuddha said:
I'm sure if you crucified this piece of shit and castrated him with an olive fork, it'd deter at least one criminal from doing bad stuff.
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dabuddha said:
Which studies? And how exactly can they determine that this is false?
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15,000 murders each year and only 175 death sentences. The odds of a murderer to get the death penalty is 1 percent. If you had a 1 percent chance of getting the death penality, it's not much of a determent. Also, murder is usually done in the act of passion or in a fit of rage. A person is not aware or thinking of the consequences at the time of the murder.

In the 70's a black man in Florida was 40 percent more likely to to receive the death penalty after killing a white man than from killing another black man. It's not exactly blind justice.


And no, the death penalty is not cheaper than life in prison. A typical execution cost the tax payers 40 percent more than a 40 year stay in maximum prison. This is only counting explicit costs for you arm chair accountants or economist.

Am I condeming it as a reform of revenge? Not really.
 
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RedSquirrel said:
2004?! Why did it take so long?
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this is actually one of the fastest from conviction to execution
it is one reason they tried him in Virginia, because they move quickly, like Texas and florida

if he had been tried in some of the other jurisdictions that were possible, he'd stay on death row another 5-15 years
 
Wow 4 year delay?

That needs to be changed. If we are going to euthanize dangerous people, lets do it sooner rather than later, unless there is doubt.

There was no doubt here.
 
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