tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post7253162527181067141..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Connecticut Becomes 17th State to Abolish the Death PenaltyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-16179471443786496232012-04-13T16:54:57.721+02:002012-04-13T16:54:57.721+02:00Wow, that's a scary thought. Everything I'...Wow, that's a scary thought. Everything I've read and heard about that private prison business is bad.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-88924332031650578322012-04-13T16:37:39.068+02:002012-04-13T16:37:39.068+02:00I am all in favor of abolishing the death penalty....I am all in favor of abolishing the death penalty. However, I wonder if the private prison industry is behind the push to overturn the death penalty and instead go to life in prison without parole? Seems like a perfect way to guarantee income for them.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-49212472207604758652012-04-13T15:08:38.488+02:002012-04-13T15:08:38.488+02:00Yes, the original thirteen states thought of thems...Yes, the original thirteen states thought of themselves as independent republics. That's why the Articles of Confederation failed. It took the Civil War to answer that thought. Robert E. Lee, for example, was offered command of the Union Army by Lincoln, but Lee refused because he couldn't betray his country--by which he meant Virginia.<br /><br />But laying aside the legitimate concern about identifying the actual murderer, how do you see life without parole as a better sentence than death? The death penalty, ideally, turns off a murderer, while a life sentence sounds like years of torture.<br /><br />Don't get too hopeful about a second term for Obama, though, and don't imagine that the constitutional carry movement will give up any time soon.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com