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AZLD4Candidate

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8. The state should have no right to take away from a person something it has no ability to give back

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 06:15 PM

Jun 2021

My campaign position on capital punishment.

Life in prison, you lose time, but if it's overturned, you still have your life to live.

Capital punishment, if it is proven the state was wrong, you're still dead and the state cannot resurrect you.

"It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer" - William Blackstone

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DOJ asks Supreme Court to reinstate death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev [View all] Polybius Jun 2021 OP

Death to the death penalty, just say no to state sanctioned murder. marble falls Jun 2021 #1

Sickening. He may not deserve to live but the death penalty is barbaric. 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2021 #2

Agreed Jilly_in_VA Jun 2021 #5

Garland strikes again PSPS Jun 2021 #3

Not so FBaggins Jun 2021 #4

"DOJ is supposed to defend existing law" Socal31 Jun 2021 #13

Not so. former9thward Jun 2021 #15

nope azureblue Jun 2021 #9

I think this is an ongoing procedure that had already started before Biden took office... George II Jun 2021 #6

The "ongoing procedure" was from 2015. former9thward Jun 2021 #16

The death penalty is barbaric and has no place in a civilized society. Tom Yossarian Joad Jun 2021 #7

The state should have no right to take away from a person something it has no ability to give back AZLD4Candidate Jun 2021 #8

asset seizure and other uses for the death penalty azureblue Jun 2021 #10

Assets can't defend themselves. Civil Forfeiture is a violation of the the 5th, 7th, and 8th AZLD4Candidate Jun 2021 #11

You must be young, or very naive. Socal31 Jun 2021 #12

My quote only deals with death penalty AZLD4Candidate Jun 2021 #17

John Adams expanded on Blackstone while defending British troops involved in the Boston Massacre Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2021 #14