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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:53 PM Original message |
No capital punishment in Alaska |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Death Penalty |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's a good point |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Or we could just bump them up to the death penalty |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. As others have so eloquently stated on these pages |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. You support the death penalty because LIFE is too easy? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. How many millions of people have a worse quality of life around the world? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. We should treat prisoners humanely. Their punishment is incarceration. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. The punishment doesn't fit the crime |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Your logic isn't logic. It's a grand rationalization for your position. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. America is uncivilized? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. One could make a case for that... |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. +1. And I could say similar things about China and India. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
44. China isn't exactly a shining beacon of human rights |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
50. In many ways, yes |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 03:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
51. Those who support the death penalty are. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. And what of the innocents who were murdered by the state? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. How many innocent people have ever? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. You haven't even come close to answering the question. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. How many is not one number |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I've provided MANY links. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. They are all to self proclaimed biased anti-death penalty sources |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You've provided less than nothing. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. An unpublished DoJ grant article |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. The Stanford Law Review? The Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. And here's a specific paper discrediting the one you bring up. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. Quite the moral hazzard you have there |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. The death penalty is unnecessary. The purpose of prison is to isolate the dangerous from society. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Do you consider yourself a progressive? |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Ah, but it "cost" a lot of money because of the lengthy appeals |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Do you consider yourself a Nazi? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. OK, so you admit that it's more expensive. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. It is an effective deterrent to crime |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. It's impossible to put a number on the innocents the state has murdered. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Here is a link to information on exonerations. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Just proof that the system works |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. That's like saying that air bags are proof that a car can't get into an accident. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Total analogy fail |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. You can't take the DP apart piecemeal. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Why does "what they want" matter |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Life in prison is cheaper for the state than the death penalty, |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. There are a lot of things about Alaska that might surprise you. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I'd like to see Obama give Alaska a try in 2012 |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. He was, |
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thenooch (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. You need to drop some props for... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Ah, yes, a venerable institution. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Thanks for the detailed list |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The Permanent Fund took a big hit last year |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Nice pictures. And, I suppose things kinda get quiet |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Not necessarily quiet, but different. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. They'll just make them listen to Sarah's audio recording of her book 24/7, |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
37. To busy killing all of the wilflide in that state.. |
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jinto86 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
46. While we use the death penalty way too often in America |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
47. Anyone who supports execution and opposes torture is a hypocrite. |
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