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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
You know, despite the colourful language, that's very well put Daswig.
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Stop it. Next thing you know, you'll be respecting me, and I can NOT have that. >
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However, I suspect I know your position on the death penalty, but you don't mention it here. Do you support it?
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Yes indeed, I support the death penalty. In fact, I think the death penalty isn't used often enough, nor with enough swiftness. For example: I think that fucking a child under the age of 10 years old should qualify as a death penalty offense, provided certain evidentiary and statutory criteria are met. For example, if there was physical evidence (say, physical indicia of the sexual assault, coupled with a positive DNA match of the recovered evidence and the accused) and if the attacker was, say, 18 years old or older. Given those circumstances, I have no problem with the courts giving the perpetrator a "hot shot", since the evidence is indisputable and incontrovertable and the nature of the crime is so horrendous.
Additionally, I support the death penalty for adult "stranger rape" when there is DNA evidence of a conclusive nature.
I also don't think that there's any excuse for the amount of time between sentencing and execution taking over, say, 5 years. That should give everybody involved MORE than ample time for the appeals process.
But I don't support the death penalty for, say, fraud or theft...It should be kept for crimes against the person, and only if the nature of the crime could reasonably be forseen to negatively impact the victim's life permanently. So the death penalty wouldn't be on the table for breaking and entering, but would be on the table for a "hot burglary" of an occupied dwelling in the nighttime that resulted in a fatality or serious injury.