Governor denies clemency for ex-gang leader

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

God forbid someone brutally kills my mother and father. I would want them dead.

What if the killer was your mother or father and the government imposed the death penalty and killed them? Would you be okay with that?

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by The Tower

What if the killer was your mother or father and the government imposed the death penalty and killed them? Would you be okay with that?

If they brutally murdered someone? It would be hard, but I'd say yes. I dont know, I understand where you're coming from, but I just keep going back to the fact that whoever brutally kills someone is getting off if they dont have the same thing happen to them.

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

If they brutally murdered someone? It would be hard, but I'd say yes. I dont know, I understand where you're coming from, but I just keep going back to the fact that whoever brutally kills someone is getting off if they dont have the same thing happen to them.

Being imprisoned for life, never having any freedom, and growing older and having to live with the irrevocable reality of one's actions is no day in the park.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by The Tower

Being imprisoned for life, never having any freedom, and growing older and having to live with the irrevocable reality of one's actions is no day in the park.

What makes you think that any of them care about their "actions"? If they had those feelings to being with, then they wouldn't even be in the situation they are in...period.

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

What makes you think that any of them care about their "actions"? If they had those feelings to being with, then they wouldn't even be in the situation they are in...period.

You have a lot of growing up to do.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by The Tower

You have a lot of growing up to do.

Gee...that's the response...seriously...that's it!?

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Gee...that's the response...seriously...that's it!?

Brandon, chill out. He has a right to speak his mind. I see where you're coming from too, but going after someone just because they have a strong view isnt right either I think.

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Gee...that's the response...seriously...that's it!?

Yep.

There's no point in me trying to explain my opinion to you when you don't even have an understanding of how people get to the point where they commit crimes and how it's not always so cut and dry. As people get older they tend to get wiser and they look back on the mistakes they have made and suffer because of it. It's called regret. Just because someone is an asshole and they may not regret their actions, they probably regret losing their life to prison. And that in itself is a hard punishment.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by The Tower

Being imprisoned for life, never having any freedom, and growing older and having to live with the irrevocable reality of one's actions is no day in the park.

NO you're righ there. I need to do some more thinking on this subject I think.