re: Florida To Begin Sentencing Pedophiles to Death – Democrats Outraged

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So aggiehank do you believe a convicted pedophile should get the DP or LWP. They have destroyed a child's innocence and soul, which most likely leads to a lifetime of issues so shouldn't they pay with their life through either death or jailed for life. State your position.

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Philosophically, or legally?

Philosophically, I have no problem with the death penalty in general or with executing child molesters in particular. They are inherently recidivist, and I have seen not evidence that they can be rehabilitated. As such, execution seems efficient. You won't hear the stupid platitudes about the "value of human life" from me.

Pragmatically, I have a problem with the application of the death penalty in this or in any other case, because the simple fact is that the justice system "gets it wrong" all too often. I do not like the notion of executing innocent citizens. Here, that seems to make me a pinko Leftist, which really says more about the speaker than about me.

As to the morons like the Houston guy who are perfectly-willing not only to kill ... but to TORTURE ... a few innocents defendants to get the catharsis of executing a few guilty perps, I have nothing but contempt. A person willing to knowingly torture an innocent person is no less a sociopath than the perp himself. Candidly, removing him from the gene pool would be almost as advantageous as removing the criminal he wants to torture.

As to torturing a PROVEN child molester? Sorry, but no. Even a crime that heinous does not justify state-sponsored barbarism in a civilized society.

Legally, SCOTUS says that it is unconstitutional to execute a child molester who did not kill his victim. //endfile//