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Showing Original Post only (View all)India sentences four rapists to death. We should do the same. [View all]
http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/india-sentences-four-rapists-to-death-we-should-do-the-same/Snips:
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I hear you saying how barbaric or something of such. But to Hell with it. Rape is endemic across the globe, and even when the victim dies or has their life ruined, most of the vile scumbag perverts get off with a slap on the wrist, or are not punished at all.
And because our justice system constantly sends the message that rape is no big deal by handing out little or no punishment for crimes of sexual violence, men think its OK to rape. Our smirking, winking, jocular, nudge-nudge cultural attitude towards rape is also a part of the problem. India provides a sharp departure from this sickening norm.
The four men who raped and murdered that poor woman in New Delhi will die by hanging. Yes. Rope around the neck, open the trapdoor, and the guilty party dangles and struggles until he dies. A horrible and painful death."
More at the link, including links to stories of rape and injustice from India, Ohio, Montana and Connecticut. I am fully aware that many people oppose the death penalty in all cases, and I respect their opinion. I just differ in the case of crimes of sexual violence.
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If you support executing anyone ever, you support sometimes executing innocent people.
Donald Ian Rankin
Sep 2013
#4
My objections are somewhat broader. Here is the text of an op-ed I wrote some years ago:
Jackpine Radical
Sep 2013
#29
The death penalty is medieval and barbaric and an embarrassment to the United States.
Nye Bevan
Sep 2013
#8
Then why are rates of violent crime roughly half what they were 20 years ago?
nomorenomore08
Sep 2013
#77
"Maybe there's another way" -- but then again there's no evidence that the DP would work
fishwax
Sep 2013
#90
what a stinking pile of shit Mr B&C deposited. And LIES. He's a fucking liar of the worst kind.
cali
Sep 2013
#24
Only if you want more rapists to murder their victims to eliminate accusations.
Starry Messenger
Sep 2013
#64
Rape hardly ever ends in conviction. What does the DP do to address the actual issue?
RedCappedBandit
Sep 2013
#70
We need to take rape - and ALL violent crime - more seriously than we do.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2013
#83