He’s scheduled to die.
Simply put.
He is not the same person he was when the crime was committed.
He appears to be a good man, albeit, he will be incarcerated for life.
If executed, the state will have then killed a good man…
What difference is that from his killing of a good woman?
Who actually benefits from his death? The mother?
If they are both now good people, how is his death, any different from her daughter’s death?
If the state takes his life, it will be doing exactly what he did to lose his…..
Why is it right for the state to take a life, and not an individual?
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These questions must be answered in the closed hearing. I don’t have to answer them, but you who are reading, do… Your answers will reflect who you are.
Bottom line, the only way to drive home the point that murder is morally wrong and a horrific act, is to do it by saying murder is so wrong and so horrific, not even the state of Delaware will rise to that level, even when and if it suits our purpose and the cause is just… What you did was so horrific, that you will spend the rest of your life behind bars… We will not do you the favor of shortening that length of time with a lethal injection.
Its time to do away with capital punishment.
kavips 
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January 11, 2012 at 8:57 am
Duffy
He is not the same person he was when the crime was committed.
Well at least he got that chance. Unlike his victim.
He appears to be a good man, albeit, he will be incarcerated for life.
Hmm.. “Appears”. Not like he’d fake it to avoid dying.
If executed, the state will have then killed a good man…
Correction: They will have executed a guilty man.
What difference is that from his killing of a good woman?
The difference is that he is being punished for a crime he committed. She was murdered. Are you that intellectually wishy washy?
Who actually benefits from his death? The mother?
Society. We don’t have to house, feed and clothe him for the next 50 years. Not to mention medical care. Oh, and there’s the guarantee he won’t escape or kill anyone else while in prison.
If they are both now good people, how is his death, any different from her daughter’s death?
Because his life was forfeit when he became a murderer in the eyes of justice. We’re not even arguing about whether or not he did it.
If the state takes his life, it will be doing exactly what he did to lose his…..
Really? When was his victims trial before a jury of her peers? Where was her lawyer defending her rights?
Why is it right for the state to take a life, and not an individual?
Because we are a nation of laws. We stay within the law or we suffer the consequences. He should have thought of this before killing someone.
These questions must be answered in the closed hearing. I don’t have to answer them, but you who are reading, do… Your answers will reflect who you are.
Indeed. I just gave them. I am someone who is concerned with justice for victims.
Bottom line, the only way to drive home the point that murder is morally wrong and a horrific act, is to do it by saying murder is so wrong and so horrific, not even the state of Delaware will rise to that level, even when and if it suits our purpose and the cause is just…
You really should look up the definition of “murder”.
What you did was so horrific, that you will spend the rest of your life behind bars… We will not do you the favor of shortening that length of time with a lethal injection.
Rather we’re going to prolong the families agony by knowing he lived until the ripe old age of 90 with free food and medical benefits and the chance that someone as mushy headed as you will grant him a pardon.
January 11, 2012 at 10:46 pm
kavips
The difference between you and me is that you think life behind bars is preferable to the rapidity of execution. I take the opposite view. 180 seconds of consciousness, and then it’s over ‘is a consummation devoutly to be wished…… ‘
Societies that don’t use death to punish, also have very few murders… Look it up. Makes sense, if you don’t allow hitting in your household, you have very little of it. If you do punish a child by spanking when he makes you angry, he does the same: he hits others .. when he gets angry…
You failed to address my argument that capital punishment is hypocritical and therefore a hollow deterrence..
There is a reason that 100% of prison wardens are against capital punishment. And that reason is not that they are all stupid……..
January 13, 2012 at 9:08 am
Duffy
The difference between you and me is that you think life behind bars is preferable to the rapidity of execution. I take the opposite view. 180 seconds of consciousness, and then it’s over ‘is a consummation devoutly to be wished…… ‘
Well then we can execute him an everybody is happy.
Societies that don’t use death to punish, also have very few murders… Look it up. Makes sense, if you don’t allow hitting in your household, you have very little of it. If you do punish a child by spanking when he makes you angry, he does the same: he hits others .. when he gets angry…
Correlation isn’t cause. By that logic, Cobblestone streets repel bears. After all, there has never been a bear attack in Old New Castle
You failed to address my argument that capital punishment is hypocritical and therefore a hollow deterrence..
No, you failed to read my argument. It is the ultimate penalty for the ultimate crime. The accused is tried by a judge and jury with the full protection of law and the constitution. He had an advocate and evidence and blah blah blah. His victim had NONE of these. That is the difference. That you cannot see it is your problem.
There is a reason that 100% of prison wardens are against capital punishment. And that reason is not that they are all stupid……..
Do have a cite for that statistic or is it going to be like every other “fact” you throw out there with absolutely no basis?