******BREAKING NEWS****** JURY SENTENCES DYLANN ROOF TO DEATH

[DemocratSinceBirth]

PER CNN

[lpbk2713]

1. He'll die of old age.

On Death Row after numerous appeals.

[True Dough]

4. If the general population could get their hands on him

He'd probably die a lot sooner than that!

[HockeyMom]

30. Exactly

He would suffer far more in the general prison population. Death is quick. If I were on that jury, I would give him life without the possibility of parole. Let him get prison justice as a very young man with his whole life ahead of him.

[jonno99]

10. In situations like this:

- an admission of guilt
- video & eye-witness proof of the perp
- forensic evidence
- the perp knew what he was doing

I see NO reason why he should die of old age.

Schedule the execution & let's be done with it.

[cwydro]

22. The victims and families don't want death. nt

[bravenak]

2. I'm good with that

[JenniferJuniper]

7. "Murder is so wrong, you see

both the Bible and the courts agree
That the state's allowed to murder in the chair"

"Iron Lady" Phil Ochs 1964

[11 Bravo]

9. Murder is defined as the "unlawful killing of a human being".

I can defend the execution of Dylann Roof in either instance. It's lawful, and he's well ...

[JenniferJuniper]

14. His death certificate will read "homicide"

Phil was being poetic.

Makes me very sad to see so many so called progressives cheering the death penalty.

[Throd 2.0]

16. murder and homicide are not synonyms.

[JenniferJuniper]

17. Didn't say they were, if you read the body of my post

I explain.

The death penalty is a horrible thing that should not exist in any civilized society. Regardless of the crime, I find celebration of "legal homicide" sickening.

[11 Bravo]

18. I've been opposed to the discriminatory application of the death penalty ..

for years. But in South Fucking Carolina, a state which has executed African-American defendants for decades, often on flimsy evidence; how in the fuck can I justify giving a pass to a white punk who murdered nine African-American church goers, and admits that he did it?
Sorry, fuck him.

[bravenak]

20. Also, I see no remorse

Why keep an unremorseful murderer alive? No reason, imo. He wants to die; let's give him his last wish

[DemocraticWing]

32. I actually have a problem with giving him his wish to die.

We're supposed to punish him, not send him off to his imagined reward for his evil deeds.

[bravenak]

34. I don't mind giving him his last wish

For him to be so fucked up makes me sad. I actually dont want him there for decades suffering, he alao does not want to sit there thinking about what he did. I get that. Too hard to fix. Best let him go on his way.

[JenniferJuniper]

21. I see, so where exactly is the line drawn

and who gets to draw it?

Nine African American church goers - check.

5 Asian bankers in a meeting?

3 white atheists on welfare?

15 mixed race Republicans at a convention?

[WinkyDink]

23. Well, frankly, the courts do. See how that works?

[SummerSnow]

3. Justice

[Xipe Totec]

6. Just ice him nt

[Runningdawg]

5. He will be gone faster than

you can say Jeffery Dahmer.

[tritsofme]

8. I no longer support capital punishment. I think lifelong solitary confinement,

with human contact kept to an absolute minimum, is a far better punishment.

Let him sit in a dimly lit room for 70 years and think about what he did.

But if he does end up with a needle in his arm, I won't be shedding any tears.

[WinkyDink]

24. Oh, no. If not the DP, then by all means surround DR with MANY Black inmates.

[bravenak]

26. Please

[BlueMTexpat]

11. I wish that they had simply

sentenced him to life without parole and just let him fade away in the criminal "justice" system.

[uponit7771]

12. BENEDICT DONALD WILL PARDON HIM !!!

[Laffy Kat]

13. I don't think he should have been able to represent himself.

Especially in a death penalty case. Of course, appeal is automatic.

[OriginalGeek]

15. if he wants to die can he skip the appeals?

or does that state take over in his "interest"?

Either way, I am 100% against the death penalty and nothing here sways me a percent. I think he's getting what he wants and I would prefer he didn't get what he wants.

[Laffy Kat]

19. Hope he ends up with life, too.

Death would be too easy an out.

[2naSalit]

25. Too bad...

this means he gets to waste untold amounts of taxpayer $$ in nearly endless appeals... But then, he may end up like Dahmer.

[underthematrix]

27. I thought he was convicted of a federal hate crime resulting in death. I don't think he has many

appeals if any.

[2naSalit]

28. Perhaps you are correct

if so, then never mind.

[BigDemVoter]

29. I still don't believe in the death penalty.

I simply cannot condone the state taking the life of one of its citizens. One could argue that the perpetrator "waived" his rights, or he "deserves" it, because he "chose" to kill. . . .

I'm not arguing whether somebody "deserves" it or not. That's not the issue here. The issue here is that we are one of the ONLY "first world" nations that uses the death penalty. Life imprisonment for Mr. Roof would be a far more difficult sentence to handle than lethal injection. Why not allow Mr. Roof the rest of his life in prison to contemplate what he did? And I don't imagine his prison life would amount to much fun, as his notoriety would precede him wherever he might be incarcerated. Nonetheless, I am not advocating for violence against him either. Prisoners should be treated humanely yet like prisoners.

We cannot allow the incoming administration to force us into losing our humanity. Just because the President of the United States is a goddamned bully, misognyist and racist and has brought the word "pussy" into the national spotlight, WE shouldn't permit ourselves to become jaded in regards to violence.

[immoderate]

33. The death penalty is uncivilized. We should not allow it.

Nor should he be tortured. His mind is broken.

I agree with you.

--imm

[Calculating]

31. Good!

Now fry him in a hurry, there's no doubt he's guilty.