Crime James Holmes gets life for Colorado Massacre

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  1. xlnsports

    xlnsports Cajun In Exile

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    I thought he would get the death penalty. If there was a case that deserved it ..this was it.
     
    xlnsports, Aug 7, 2015
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  2. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    I guess it was too hard to sentence death after his parents plead for his life to be spared and knowing that the guy has serious mental issues. I think he should have received death. If a dog kills or attacks they put that dog down. I don't see any difference here. Spare the taxpayers having to pay for this fucker.
     
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  3. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Unlikely it would be carried out. Colorado has only executed 4 people in about 40 years. Put him in the general population where he will get the shot beaten out of him and be everybody's bitch.
     
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  4. Tiger in NC

    Tiger in NC There's a sucker born everyday...

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    I like this idea
     
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    TwistedTiger Founding Member

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    Like a dog with rabies, he should be put down.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Juries have a tough time sentencing the mentally ill to death. Hell, most juries have a tough time sentencing anyone to death.
     
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    mobius481 Registered Member

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    Death sentences are more expensive than life in prison.
     
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  8. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    The average stay on death row is 15 years and one has been there 36 years. One stayed there for 39 years and died of natural causes. 25% of death row inmates die of natural causes before execution. At Angola they are in un-airconditioned cells in solitary confinement. It is not pleasant and I don't understand why more of them don't do what McVeigh did--plead guilty and waive all appeals and get it over with.
     
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  9. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    Really? Is it because of what Red is saying with them being on death row so long?
     
    LaSalleAve, Aug 8, 2015
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  10. mctiger

    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    Death penalty opponents often use this argument; no one ever challenges it. Maybe you can answer why a death sentence is more expensive than a 50-year incarceration, cuz it really makes no sense to me.
     
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