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Bill to abolish Death Penalty in Louisiana edging closer to House vote
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:05 pm
Link to article
Wouldn't surprise me if our pansy arse GOP here in Louisiana cave in and abolish the Death Penalty.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (WVLA) - (5/15/19) The chamber will consider Rep. Terry Landry's bill to abolish capital punishment in the state. A House criminal justice committee gave it a narrow blessing Tuesday, in an 8-7 vote. "I pray everyday, in this initiative that I'm putting forth, that I'm doing the right thing," he told lawmakers. Landry's measure would abolish the penalty for crimes committed starting in August.
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he legislation faces a tough crowd in the conservative-led House. Similar bills have failed to win over lawmakers in recent years. Just last week, state Senators rejected a bid to let voters decide whether to end capital punishment. Landry admitted that he did not expect House members to advance his bill Tuesday, but he added hope that lawmakers will at least put the death penalty to a debate. "No one said this process was going to be easy," he said. "I don't expect it to be easy. And I expect the debate to be as intense on the floor." Roughly 70 inmates currently sit on Louisiana's death row. The state has not performed an execution since 2010, in part because corrections officials have struggled to obtain drugs for lethal injections.
Wouldn't surprise me if our pansy arse GOP here in Louisiana cave in and abolish the Death Penalty.
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Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:08 pm to 225bred
I don't like the idea of any government having the ability to determine life or death without no present threat, whether it be a criminal or an unborn fetus.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:08 pm to 225bred
Meh. Putting someone to sleep...
I'm not sure how much of a deterrent that is anymore. I'd rather that happen than being locked in a cage for 23 hours a day for the rest of my life.
Old sparky needs to make a comeback for this to be an issue for me again.
Which I will support in extreme cases.
I'm not sure how much of a deterrent that is anymore. I'd rather that happen than being locked in a cage for 23 hours a day for the rest of my life.
Old sparky needs to make a comeback for this to be an issue for me again.
Which I will support in extreme cases.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:09 pm to willymeaux
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I don't like the idea of any government having the ability to determine life or death without no present threat, whether it be a criminal or an unborn fetus.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
I would fall on the other side of the spectrum.
I believe we should expand and expedite the Death Penalty.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:09 pm to 225bred
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This post was edited on 1/10/21 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:12 pm to The Baker
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Thou shalt not kill
Ridding the world of irredeemable "humans" is a public service.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:14 pm to 225bred
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irredeemable
Yeah, let's let the government decide who the irredeemables are. What could go wrong?
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:19 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
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Yeah, let's let the government decide who the irredeemables are. What could go wrong?
First degree murderers, terrorists, child molesters...
I think we can agree on those.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:21 pm to 225bred
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First degree murderers, terrorists, child molesters...
As long as, you know, they get a fair trial and the DAs don't withhold evidence.
Not that it's ever happened in LA. Sure.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:24 pm to 225bred
If we actually put people to death in a somewhat reasonable period of time (say 5 years after conviction) then sure.
We haven't put anyone to death in 9 years. We have a group of people "on death row" that are costing the state a stupid, stupid amount of money. The costs to prosecute a current case where the death penalty is on the table is an absurd amount of money.
Give them life without parole and move on.
Honestly, the only good reason I've heard for keeping it around, is to allow prosecutors to seek it, and then have it pled down.
We haven't put anyone to death in 9 years. We have a group of people "on death row" that are costing the state a stupid, stupid amount of money. The costs to prosecute a current case where the death penalty is on the table is an absurd amount of money.
Give them life without parole and move on.
Honestly, the only good reason I've heard for keeping it around, is to allow prosecutors to seek it, and then have it pled down.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:27 pm to 225bred
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First degree murderers, terrorists, child molesters... I think we can agree on those.
How do you know if someone is one of those? The government 'proves' it?
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:27 pm to LSUFanHouston
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If we actually put people to death in a somewhat reasonable period of time (say 5 years after conviction) then sure.
We haven't put anyone to death in 9 years. We have a group of people "on death row" that are costing the state a stupid, stupid amount of money. The costs to prosecute a current case where the death penalty is on the table is an absurd amount of money.
Take murders with multiple eye witnesses for example, like school shootings, or the Boston Marathon Bomber etc.
They're clearly guilty. Should be hung within 48 hours(cheapest way to kill them) and the body cremated.
That's way too much common sense though.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:28 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
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How do you know if someone is one of those? The government 'proves' it?
Yeah, we have a thing called court...
Stop being obtuse.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:29 pm to LSUFanHouston
Very reasonable observation.
It does cost the state a frick ton of money for almost nothing.
It does cost the state a frick ton of money for almost nothing.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:30 pm to 225bred
Good. frick allowing the government to kill its own citizens.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:51 pm to Jcorye1
Yeah, frick justice! /s
Weak.
Weak.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:53 pm to 225bred
Louisiana's executed only 3 people in the 2000s. Didn't we run out of the drug to do it too? It's good to have the death penalty as an option but like usual Louisiana fricks it up.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:53 pm to 225bred
I would be OK if Alabama replaced the death penalty with hard labor.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:54 pm to 225bred
They should get rid of the death penalty. Life without possibility of release is a tougher sentence anyway.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 4:55 pm to TBoy
Wrong. No reason for some people to live after they’ve taken the life/lives of innocent people- especially in heinous ways sometimes.
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