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Alabama Executes Killer Who Rights Group Argued Was Mentally Ill
NBC NEWS ^
| 7/26/2013
| Brendan O'Brien and Verna Gates
Posted on 07/26/2013 11:28:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/27/2013 3:15:59 AM PDT
by
ronnie raygun
(Yesterdays conspiracies are todays truths)
To: GeronL
I agree. In fact, a mentally ill murderer seems even more dangerous to me. Aside from accidental or self-defense killings, I’m not sure why any murderer’s excuse amounts to a reason not to execute them.
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posted on
07/27/2013 4:28:29 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
To: GeronL
If he was mentally ill, why was he loose in the public domain?
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posted on
07/27/2013 4:37:38 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
To: nickcarraway
24
posted on
07/27/2013 4:58:31 AM PDT
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: BigCinBigD
Stupid is as stupid does. Where do you think he’s spending eternity? Who’s the idiot?
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posted on
07/27/2013 5:15:17 AM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: nickcarraway
Dogs that are dangerous are put down, and no one ever tries to save them on the basis that they had a bad puppyhood or are incapable of knowing right from wrong. It’s a matter of public safety.
The execution of murderers (mentally ill or not) should be in the same category. They have demonstrated behavior that is incompatible with the safety and well-being of others. Putting them in prison does not do much to restrain that behavior, since the prison is then in the position of having to take extraordinary measures to isolate those murderers from the other prisoners, and to protect the guards. Execute them, and more prison resources can be turned towards rehabilitating the other prisoners.
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posted on
07/27/2013 5:30:50 AM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
To: xzins
There’s a classic rule under the English Common Law that if a person does not have the mental capacity to “make their peace with their Maker” they cannot be executed.
Under that rule, Ricky Rector should not have been executed.
But, simply being mentally ill does not by itself mean a person is unable to “make peace with their Maker”.
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posted on
07/27/2013 5:40:19 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: BykrBayb
He’s spending eternity no where.
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posted on
07/27/2013 5:49:15 AM PDT
by
BigCinBigD
(...Was that okay?)
To: GeronL
I am not sure how being mentally allows you to kill someone and people think you shouldnt be punished.I've never understood that one either.
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posted on
07/27/2013 5:50:13 AM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
To: BigCinBigD
To: BigCinBigD
You made a wrong turn. This is Free Republic, not Democrat Underground.
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posted on
07/27/2013 6:05:46 AM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: nickcarraway
The prisoners rights group should take the positive view...his mental illness has been cured.
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posted on
07/27/2013 6:06:47 AM PDT
by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
To: DuncanWaring
My sense is that refusing to execute murderers sends the message that life is cheap.
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posted on
07/27/2013 6:07:57 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
To: xzins
The number of murderers who lack the mental capacity to make their peace with their Maker is very small.
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posted on
07/27/2013 6:13:53 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: BykrBayb
I know where I am. I was unaware that conservatism required superstition.
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posted on
07/27/2013 6:14:55 AM PDT
by
BigCinBigD
(...Was that okay?)
To: DuncanWaring
Any murder overlooked says that life is cheap.
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posted on
07/27/2013 6:20:38 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
To: xzins
An execution deferred due to inability to repent says that the salvation of your soul is invaluable.
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posted on
07/27/2013 6:27:13 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: nickcarraway
Oh well. Guess they cured his mental illness.
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posted on
07/27/2013 6:41:39 AM PDT
by
RKBA Democrat
(GOTS: Food, water, guns, ammo, useful skills, friends, cash, and precious metals.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/27/2013 6:46:35 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/27/2013 6:49:53 AM PDT
by
Doc Savage
("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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