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In view of: no redemption, abhorrent prison life, cost of upkeep, etc., yes, he should be put to sleep.
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Should have already been executed stop dragging your stinking feet.
He shouldn't have made it out of the theater parking lot!!
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Well put Holmes aside for the moment, I don't think any of us would argue he is out of his gourde, do we execute the insane and mentally ill in this country? Do we execute the soldier who comes home messed up out of his mind and kills somebody?
It's a tough call, always will be a tough call.
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Me Irish thinking tells me he needs to have his neck broken by an old time hanging!!
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Execution are a very expensive proposition. I oppose the death penalty on cost grounds, not moral grounds - I've got no problem wit the death penalty for certain cases, but do not like the 7 figure cost. Given the US legal system, it takes a decade or more to carry out a death sentence. A cheaper alternative would be life without parole and keeping the convicted on a tight leash (no movement with the prison). Here's a summary of the costs: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty Public stonings would be cheap , can even lower the cost by having it B.Y.O.R..
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Should have already been executed stop dragging your stinking feet.
He shouldn't have made it out of the theater parking lot!! We needed the intel. We needed to know who, and what we were dealing with, were there others, and other threats. So on that basis alone, I believe the officers did the right thing in taking him alive.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
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Absolutely. Execute him, and soon
The cost SHOULD BE one bullet. When execution costs run into seven-figure, we've lost our way.
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Well put Holmes aside for the moment, I don't think any of us would argue he is out of his gourde, do we execute the insane and mentally ill in this country? Do we execute the soldier who comes home messed up out of his mind and kills somebody?
It's a tough call, always will be a tough call. If they are deemed sane enough to be out in public on their own recognizance, then yes. Soldiers and all.
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Execution are a very expensive proposition. I oppose the death penalty on cost grounds, not moral grounds - I've got no problem wit the death penalty for certain cases, but do not like the 7 figure cost. Given the US legal system, it takes a decade or more to carry out a death sentence. A cheaper alternative would be life without parole and keeping the convicted on a tight leash (no movement with the prison). Here's a summary of the costs: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty more from the left wing. Keeping a fellow alive for 30 more years costs MUCH more than executing him. That does not even begin to consider that he needs to die for what he did.
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If mass murders do not qualify for a death penalty, they why have it.
Absolutely, yes. of course, down under, you guys don't execute anyone, for any reason, right? Not anymore. The last execution was Ronald Ryan in 1968, hanged in Victoria.
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No he should not be executed. He is clearly insane and needs to be incarcerated in a mental facility. He is the same as the guy that shot Giffords. He needs to be treated the same way. Given the possible rounds of endless appeals it is unlikely he would ever be executed, especially in Colorado which haven't executed anyone on a couple of decades. We still have a moral obligation to treat everyone with decency.
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Absolutely. Execute him, and soon
The cost SHOULD BE one bullet. When execution costs run into seven-figure, we've lost our way.
Steve
You are forgetting the fifteen years of appeals.
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No he should not be executed. He is clearly insane and needs to be incarcerated in a mental facility. He is the same as the guy that shot Giffords. He needs to be treated the same way. Given the possible rounds of endless appeals it is unlikely he would ever be executed, especially in Colorado which haven't executed anyone on a couple of decades. We still have a moral obligation to treat everyone with decency. if he was sane enough to plan, and carry out the attack, he is sane enough to die for it. Same with the guy that shot Rep. Giffords. We have no 'moral obligation' to look at things the wrong way.
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Should the Colorado Theater Shooter be Executed? GD right he should be! Right behind the ear, with one of those coveted .22lr rounds... Of course he's crazy, but he ain't stupid. Put him down like the rabid dog he is.
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No one has a problem with putting down an animal that is crazed, I don't see any difference in this case.
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Yes, and I'd volunteer to do it.
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His conviction and death sentence will never get past SCOTUS.
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Don't worry, TRH is on site giving him an extensive psych eval.
I'm sure the CIA made the poor boy do it.
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