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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas marked a solemn moment in criminal justice Wednesday evening, executing its 500th inmate since it resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982.
Kimberly McCarthy, who was put to death for the murder of her 71-year-old neighbor, was also the first woman executed in the U.S. in nearly three years.
Well they have passed their lynching record so I guess we should be glad they do it legally
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How can capital punishment be punishment if by virtue of the execution the person cannot absorb the punishment because they die? Doesn't make sense to punish someone by killing them; this may provide comfort to the families of those whose loved ones were harmed but that's vengeance- not punishment.
How can capital punishment be punishment if by virtue of the execution the person cannot absorb the punishment because they die? Doesn't make sense to punish someone by killing them; this may provide comfort to the families of those whose loved ones were harmed but that's vengeance- not punishment.
Not a problem.
Seeing most death row inmates spend 10-20 years on death row before they are executed then they have a long time to absorb it.
You are comparing people being punished for a crime that they were legally convicted of to people who were abducted and murdered by a terrorist group?
Yes, I am still against capital punishment, because an occasional innocent person does get executed every once in a while. But this lady deserved it. She killed 3 elderly women, and stole their credit cards and valuables from their homes. The murder that she was executed for is especially grisly, in that she cut the finger off her victim to get her wedding ring, which she pawned for 200 bucks.
To those who are against the death penalty - Don't feel sorry for those who deserve it, but only those rare cases where someone didn't deserve it, which is why I am against the death penalty.
Article is here.
You are comparing people being punished for a crime that they were legally convicted of to people who were abducted and murdered by a terrorist group?
I am pointing out an interesting statistical convergence. What you do with that is up to you.
There's been like 800 plus more who have been executed in Texas going back to the early 1800's. So Texas loves killing people...so much that the state government is hell bent on trying to stop abortions in Texas. You may have noticed that my last sentence made no sense at all. When it comes to death...Texas government has selective ethics.
You can shoot, stab, electrocute...give lethal injections, hang people...but oh don't think about abortion.
Why is that? People who kill others for trinkets and such have no redeeming qualities.
Why bring it up of you were not trying to compare people being punished to people being murdered by terrorists?
And exactly what crime did the unborn child do? I look forward to your well thought out response.
No crime...just at the wrong place at the right time. That's life. In fact, death is inevitable for us all. A fetus isn't exempt.
I wonder how many of them were innocent ...
No crime...just at the wrong place at the right time. That's life. In fact, death is inevitable for us all. A fetus isn't exempt.
Why is that? People who kill others for trinkets and such have no redeeming qualities.
all just to let Ma and Pa reconcile their Christianity with their desire for revenge.
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