09-29-2015, 06:55 PM
(09-29-2015, 11:33 AM)Naranja Tigre Wrote: That's why I asked if he would be ok with it if the jury decided the punishment.
Didn't you just get all mad at me for ignoring points?
Typically speaking, if I understand the system correctly in most places, the jury recommends and the judge decides. That being said, even if it was a jury making the decision I would not agree with it. People not directly involved in the situation should not be making such a life and death decision in that situation. Even with that I am more willing to accept the death penalty than an abortion ban because in the case of a death penalty being handed down the case is decided on an individual basis. A blanket ban refuses to take into account the large number of variables that can be involved.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
