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Miguelito Loveless

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6. I will always oppose execution

Reply to Wonder Why (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 10:07 AM

Mar 12

given how many "slam dunk" cases turned out to wrong. Humans are, at best, fallible, and at worst corrupt and vindictive. If you allow executions, inevitably innocent people will be be murdered.

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A federal judge has halted Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution. The state says it will appeal [View all] Eugene Mar 11 OP

I'm sure it will be reversed Polybius Mar 11 #1

Firing squads appear cruel and unusual to us, but death is instant. LeftInTX Mar 12 #4

The question Lionel Mandrake Mar 12 #2

The autopsy of the first case from 2024 did not indicate this LeftInTX Mar 12 #5

I am not against the concept of execution in some extreme cases of mass killings or brutality BUT Wonder Why Mar 12 #3

I will always oppose execution Miguelito Loveless Mar 12 #6