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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:16 AM Original message |
Ohio Executes Inmate Who Argued Was Too Fat To Die |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. As much as I disagree with the Death Penalty that defense was horrible |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. If his argument had held up, then death row inmates all over... |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. They could have put him on a diet and then executed him |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. lol really now |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm four inches taller and 20lbs heavier |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. no more inhumane than the death penalty is generally |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Deleted sub-thread |
Kalifornia.Kid (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. Get Fat, Jolly or Santa Claus out of your mind ... |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. I oppose the death penalty on general principle, but... |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
44. Exactly my position |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Story about the crime. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. He wasn't too fat to crawl down a bedsheet ladder, either. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. But...but...but....he was safely locked up where he could never harm any one else again! |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Sounds like the third guy didn't even got charged with anything. |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. Who says he didn't? |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. I find that people often change their mind about the DP |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. I guess he wasn't too fat to die after all |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. dammit, you beat me to it. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Reminds me of the song "James Dean" by the Eagles |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. Just more for the worms to eat, Richey boy! |
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Sheets of Easter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. One thing I have learned, and is supported by some of the responses in this thread, |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Great statement |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. very sad on all sides |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm 100% against the death penalty, but it's worth pointing out that this wouldn't have |
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galaxy21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. I think that applies to the Caylee Anthony case |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. He should have been executed 20 years ago. |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yep. |
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thraxis (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
53. That's one thing that is truly inhumane - |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. WoW lots of love and forgiveness on this thread |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It's like a pack mentality |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. It is possible that |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. See post #12. |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I don't like the death penalty |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I had a highschool friend murdered in TX in 89 |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. I don't have the moral authority to forgive him. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 07:13 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. An excellent response |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
55. Thanks! |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Summed up my feelings on it nicely |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Nobody has the moral authority to order anyone's execution, either |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. The People elected representatives who made laws which gave that authority |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. legal authority may be different from moral authority |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. There is nothing anyone on this thread can do about it, or could have done to prevent the execution |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
49. You don't get forgiveness when you never repent |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. I *try* to be opposed to the death penalty |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
30. Well, he wasn't too fat to rape and murder two people, now was he? n/t |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. Apparently, he was not too fat after all. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
35. The death penalty should be abolished everywhere |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I agree completely |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. I think in this case we are quite sure |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Maybe so, but the fact that innocent people HAVE been executed proves the system is imperfect |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 06:31 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. of course it is imperfect |
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Suspicious (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Thank you. n/t |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. I'm sure the victims families feel fairly offended by the details as well |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Obviously my comment is not addressed to folks like you |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-16-08 06:34 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Thank you |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
41. A well-regulated death penalty is fair. |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
43. Goodbye, loser |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
54. "I don't want her you can have her she's too fat for me..." |
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