Posted on Aug 13, 2015
Connecticut Rules Death Penalty Is Unconstitutional. How Do You Feel About The Death Penalty?
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The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the state's death penalty is unconstitutional. The deeply divided court's 4-3 ruling will affect the 11 inmates currently on the state's death row.
Lawmakers repealed the state's death penalty in 2012, but stipulated it only applied to future crimes. Plaintiffs in Thursday's case had argued the 2012 ban should also extend to prisoners already on death row.
The Supreme Court agreed to take up the law's prospective issue when it granted a request by Eduardo Santiago, whose death sentence was overturned two months after the repeal took effect. (Connecticut Department of Corrections)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/08/13/death-penalty-connecticut_n_7983488.html
Lawmakers repealed the state's death penalty in 2012, but stipulated it only applied to future crimes. Plaintiffs in Thursday's case had argued the 2012 ban should also extend to prisoners already on death row.
The Supreme Court agreed to take up the law's prospective issue when it granted a request by Eduardo Santiago, whose death sentence was overturned two months after the repeal took effect. (Connecticut Department of Corrections)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/08/13/death-penalty-connecticut_n_7983488.html
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too many people view it in simple terms of punishment an eye for an eye. That somehow it is a good deterrent, I dont really care if it is a deterrent. The death penalty is much more simple than having to weigh the issue in a Supreme Court. At the end of the day when the death penalty is enforced we should all be comforted that person is no longer a threat to anyone. So many people are missing the point it is not about the jackass. It is about permanently removing a threat from society. Not to mention with every execution there are lots of victims who get a level of relief.
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SSG Eddye Royal
I believe in the death penalty for this reason, I was on AD in FT. Hood, Tx. July/ August 1991 when they had the Lubby’s killer. Me and a friend, another soldier from 1st CAV almost went in there to eat.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
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Support it.
Heinous crimes require a definitive response, lest society lose her fabric and bearing.
Heinous crimes require a definitive response, lest society lose her fabric and bearing.
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SSG Eddye Royal
I believe in the death penalty for this reason, I was on AD in FT. Hood, Tx. July/ August 1991 when they had the Lubby’s killer. Me and a friend, another soldier from 1st CAV almost went in there to eat.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
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LTC Jeff Shearer
Mark, you speak well beyond Infantry'ese are you an attorney or work in the legal field?
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SGT Mark Halmrast
LTC Jeff Shearer -- thank you, sir.
BA in Philosophy and Political Science, both having to do with governing (oneself, one another, respectively, is one way to look at it. Also have to do w/having strong & legitimate foundations.)
Business consultant now w/focus on operational performance improvement -- how to improve outcomes through active management and improvement of the processes that create them.
Airborne grunt came first, still the thing I am most proud of. Served in a good unit with guys who cared. Wanted to do stuff so others wouldn't have to. Wanted to serve.
Airborne infantry first...the rest is the rest.
BA in Philosophy and Political Science, both having to do with governing (oneself, one another, respectively, is one way to look at it. Also have to do w/having strong & legitimate foundations.)
Business consultant now w/focus on operational performance improvement -- how to improve outcomes through active management and improvement of the processes that create them.
Airborne grunt came first, still the thing I am most proud of. Served in a good unit with guys who cared. Wanted to do stuff so others wouldn't have to. Wanted to serve.
Airborne infantry first...the rest is the rest.
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PO3 John Wagner
I especially like leaving them on death row for ages and ages and ages. Not knowing when their time will be up. Just like those they murdered. Let them live with that fear for years and years.
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SSG Eddye Royal
I believe in the death penalty for this reason, I was on AD in FT. Hood, Tx. July/ August 1991 when they had the Lubby’s killer. Me and a friend, another soldier from 1st CAV almost went in there to eat.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
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SGT (Join to see) I was raised on a saying, "Only God can judge someone, we just arraign the meeting!"
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I thoroughly believe that also PO1 (Join to see), Many folks, Other than, crooks, murderers, and rapist, will have their day of judgement. As will all of us.
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SSG Eddye Royal
I believe in the death penalty for this reason, I was on AD in FT. Hood, Tx. July/ August 1991 when they had the Lubby’s killer. Me and a friend, another soldier from 1st CAV almost went in there to eat.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
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Without getting too much into it, I'll just say that there are some people in this world who deserve to die, and this world would be a better place for it...
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Sgt Spencer Sikder
It seems when our nation watched the brutality of how the middle eastern countries deal with some of their crimes and do so publicly, we were horrified. However, it seems for those countries it works. I say seems because we don't hear much about their "crime waves." Cutting a thief's hand off makes sure there isn't recidivism at least by that individual. Not that I'm advocating we move in that direction. Just saying........
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SSG Eddye Royal
I believe in the death penalty for this reason, I was on AD in FT. Hood, Tx. July/ August 1991 when they had the Lubby’s killer. Me and a friend, another soldier from 1st CAV almost went in there to eat.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
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When You look at some of these animals and how little regard they had for the lives of others and they are still alive and their victims aren't and the families of the victims will never again be able to see them. If You think this depraved individuals will change, they won't and need to be permanently removed from society so they can no longer do their evil to anyone else. The only sure rehabilitation or making sure they will never again commit a violent crime is to execute them. Only them will society be safe and that is as close to rehabilitation these animals will ever come.
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LTC Jeff Shearer
Lawrence, dead on it is not about rehabilitation, sometimes you have to deal with the threat.
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PO3 John Wagner
Leave them on death row for ages. Never knowing when their time will be up. Just like their victims.
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SSG Eddye Royal
I believe in the death penalty for this reason, I was on AD in FT. Hood, Tx. July/ August 1991 when they had the Lubby’s killer. Me and a friend, another soldier from 1st CAV almost went in there to eat.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
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If these people can’t be rehabilitated and they can’t be trusted to re-enter with the general population then what’s the point in keeping them in a cage the rest of their life. Wouldn’t it be more humane to just put them out of the misery and end their life? I have no problem with death penalty. But hey, abortion is perfectly legal.
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Our use of the death penalty should be more swift, sure, and frequent.
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SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA
SGT (Join to see), I see no benefit to the suggested arrangement. It would just be one more thing taken away from the States -- marginalizing them in favor of the central government.
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SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA, I wouldn't want to see that happen either, so I don't understand why the bleeding hearts are against the death penalty in the way their state does it, or because it's done at all. Look at the difference in how many states use the death penalty VS the ones who don't. Either the states that don't use it doesn't have much crime or their prisons are stuffed full of convicts. Even the states that use it has a full prison population, which continues to grow.
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SSG Eddye Royal
I believe in the death penalty for this reason, I was on AD in FT. Hood, Tx. July/ August 1991 when they had the Lubby’s killer. Me and a friend, another soldier from 1st CAV almost went in there to eat.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
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MSG Dan Castaneda
I concur. Many felons do not fear prison. I got it that people make mistakes. But then there are those that are rotten to the core. They may never go back to society. Those are the ones that should be put to sleep for ever. There's thousands of them in our penal system.
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I am Not for the Death Penalty. Never have been. I don't believe in "an eye for an eye....a tooth for a tooth."
However, with this being said, I pray that-for instance-the guy who raped me, is locked up for LIFE; with NO possibility of Parole....and with the KEY thrown away. He should NEVER, EVER BE ALLOWED to do to OTHERS- what he did to me.
I pray this prayer for insane criminals; especially those who murder, etc.
And I am well aware of the fact, on the other hand, that hardened criminals escape; and commit their heinous crimes again.
However, with this being said, I pray that-for instance-the guy who raped me, is locked up for LIFE; with NO possibility of Parole....and with the KEY thrown away. He should NEVER, EVER BE ALLOWED to do to OTHERS- what he did to me.
I pray this prayer for insane criminals; especially those who murder, etc.
And I am well aware of the fact, on the other hand, that hardened criminals escape; and commit their heinous crimes again.
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SSG Eddye Royal
I believe in the death penalty for this reason, I was on AD in FT. Hood, Tx. July/ August 1991 when they had the Lubby’s killer. Me and a friend, another soldier from 1st CAV almost went in there to eat.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
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SPC Margaret Higgins
SSG Eddye Royal - I understand your thinking; and, I greatly commiserate with you. I am so sorry.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
Your kind heart, even after what you experienced, gives me hope for mankind, SPC Margaret Higgins . I don't think I could remain so consistently kind and caring after such a crime. You have my deep respect.
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SPC Margaret Higgins
Col Joseph Lenertz - Your deep respect, Colonel Lenertz: means the VERY WORLD TO ME! HAVE the BEST DAY EVER, SIR!
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