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To: TideGlider who wrote (1013393)	4/26/2017 11:56:39 AM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574879

Yes, I know that the death penalty is mostly a matter of revenge than anything else. And we are the last Western democracy to have the death penalty for just that reason. The reason liberals are against the death penalty is because when people commit crimes like that they usually have some sort of psychological problem, for example many of them are mentally retarded, many of them were abused terribly as children, and many of them have mental diseases like schizophrenia. Decent people realize that whereas those people have to be removed from society, the idea of revenge is primitive. Where's the satisfaction in killing a mental retarded man that doesn't even know what he did, or somebody with schizophrenia that has no idea what they did, or a person who was beaten as a child and consequently has severe mental illness as a result. Yes society has an obligation to remove them from society for the rest of their lives or until they get better, but not torture them. But those who lack compassion and empathy and intellectual sophistication always look for revenge just like our primitive ancestors always looked for revenge. It is an antiquated psychological emotion and time to get rid of. Voters are often wrong, like when they wanted to keep slavery and segregation. Message #1013413 from TideGlider at 4/26/2017 11:22:37 AM Most Favor Death Penalty, But Don't Think It Deters Crime in Politics FacebookTwitterEmail thisShareThis Related Articles Voters Still Want Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber Most Favor Death Penalty for Charleston Church Shooter Most Still Favor Death Sentence for Colorado Theater Shooter 64% Favor Death Penalty for Benghazi Killings Suspect Voters Strongly Support Death Penalty for Foley’s Killer Americans Say Crime Up, Too Many Criminals Walking Sign up for free daily updates Wednesday, April 26, 2017 On Monday, Arkansas executed two death-row criminals in the nation’s first double execution since 2000. Americans in general still favor the death penalty, but they’re not convinced it actually helps deter crime. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 54% of American Adults favor the death penalty, while 31% oppose it. Another 15% are not sure how they feel about capital punishment. (To see survey question wording, click here.)