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TheRealMafoo on 31 March 2009

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/31/sibling.stabbings/index.html

“By the time the police officer kicked the door in, it was too late. Kerby Revelus was holding his 5-year-old sister, Bianca, and while the officer watched, decapitated her with a kitchen knife. Police had received a 911 call from another sibling, 17-year-old Samantha. Suffering from deep cuts in her upper body, she was losing strength and would soon be dead.”



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leatherhat on 31 March 2009

April fools



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Ask me about being an elitist jerk

Time for hype

d21lewis on 31 March 2009

Horrible.



im_sneaky on 31 March 2009

He should get life in prison.



 

 

akuma587 on 31 March 2009

That's nothing. I have seen much worse stuff than that and I still think the benefits of the death penalty are questionable.  It costs more money than leaving someone in prison and it doesn't deter people from commiting crimes.

What are we some primitive society that gets our kicks from slaughtering people? Does that make you feel good at the end of the day? I feel sorry for you if that is true.

And do you think it is hard to put someone like this in jail for the rest of their life? All the prosecution would have to do is read a recitation of the facts and the case is closed.



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Moongoddess256 on 31 March 2009

If they did bad enough of a crime, why not just throw them in jail and let the other inmates do the work? Edit: also in this case the guy who did it got shot dead by the cops anyways.



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Username2324 on 31 March 2009
im_sneaky said:
He should get life in prison.

If you think about it, life in prison is really a waste of everything.

It's a waste of tax money, it's a waste of property space. It's not all that much of a punishment, the individual is basically told "Hey, you did something horrendous, here's a free bed, and free meals for the rest of your life, it may not be glamorous, but it's FREE!"

Don't even get me started on the multiple life sentencings.... I mean what the hell, if they did something so bad you sentence them to 2 life terms why not just put a bullet in their head.

Prisons are a drain on everything.

 



Username2324 on 31 March 2009
akuma587 said:

That's nothing. I have seen much worse stuff than that and I still think the benefits of the death penalty are questionable.  It costs more money than leaving someone in prison and it doesn't deter people from commiting crimes.

What are we some primitive society that gets our kicks from slaughtering people? Does that make you feel good at the end of the day? I feel sorry for you if that is true.

And do you think it is hard to put someone like this in jail for the rest of their life? All the prosecution would have to do is read a recitation of the facts and the case is closed.

It's not all that expensive, go down to walmart, spend some money on a gun and some bullets.

The only expensive part is because people with similar views as you make it as difficult as possible to sentence someone to death.

I mean I've never been to jail or prison, and I don't plan to, but if I did something to merit a life sentence, I think I just might take death.

Edit: Doesn't deter people from crime?
"Well gee Joe, if we get caught we might end up in prison."
-OR-
"Man I don't know Joe, we might get the death sentence for this"



tombi123 on 31 March 2009
Username2324 said:
im_sneaky said:
He should get life in prison.

If you think about it, life in prison is really a waste of everything.

It's a waste of tax money, it's a waste of property space. It's not all that much of a punishment, the individual is basically told "Hey, you did something horrendous, here's a free bed, and free meals for the rest of your life, it may not be glamorous, but it's FREE!"

Don't even get me started on the multiple life sentencings.... I mean what the hell, if they did something so bad you sentence them to 2 life terms why not just put a bullet in their head.

Prisons are a drain on everything.

 

 

Life in prison costs less then the death penalty.



Username2324 on 31 March 2009
tombi123 said:
Username2324 said:
im_sneaky said:
He should get life in prison.

If you think about it, life in prison is really a waste of everything.

It's a waste of tax money, it's a waste of property space. It's not all that much of a punishment, the individual is basically told "Hey, you did something horrendous, here's a free bed, and free meals for the rest of your life, it may not be glamorous, but it's FREE!"

Don't even get me started on the multiple life sentencings.... I mean what the hell, if they did something so bad you sentence them to 2 life terms why not just put a bullet in their head.

Prisons are a drain on everything.

 

 

Life in prison costs less then the death penalty.

Like I said, that's only because it's been made so complicated, back in the day you needed a bullet and a gun, or a rope and a tree.