Should James Holmes Get The Death Penalty?

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	Yes, this scumbag deserves to be tortured and killed	16 votes	64%
	No, he's insane so none of this is his fault	4 votes	16%
	No, he was probably bullied so none of this is his fault	2 votes	8%
	No, he's probably gay so none of this is his fault	0 votes	0%
	No, he might be 1/16th black so none of this is his fault	0 votes	0%
	No, Hollywood & video games are responsible, not him	0 votes	0%
	No, the Tea Party sent messages through his tin foil hat	1 vote	4%
	No, he should get amnesty along with 40 million illegals	1 vote	4%
	No, I just hate Republicans, so none of this is his fault	1 vote	4%

AZTEC WARRIOR 2012/08/04 01:32:38
gumybare69 2012/07/27 20:52:45

No, the Tea Party sent messages through his tin foil hat

No one picked this one yet! I had to do it... Sarah Palin said so..

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John Hall 2012/07/25 14:32:51

Yes, this scumbag deserves to be tortured and killed

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He should die for his crimes but don't bet on it there's to many liberals who will hold his hands and beg mercy because he was a misguided child .

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Radical Ed 2012/07/25 14:30:11

No, he's insane so none of this is his fault

nice to see everyone so blood thirsty, really stereotypes Americans. anyway why would people want to degrade themselves down to the level of a murderer? let him stay in a prison cell for the rest of his life, confined to a room no bigger than a small bedroom.

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Bill to Radical Ed 2012/07/25 15:45:49

I wonder if you'd have the same response if he had murdered your significant other, or paralyzed you for life, or killed your 6 year old kid. It's easy to call people "blood thirsty" until it actually effects you directly.

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Radical Ed to Bill 2012/07/25 16:00:19

it has happened to me and i do not want to talk about it. i didn't want revenge, only justice and ending anothers life is no way to go about it.

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AZTEC W... to Radical Ed 2012/08/04 01:35:01

he shot at little kids that aint right they should go old school on him a electriccute him to death sorry my misspelled word

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kyle 2012/07/24 20:58:48

No, he's insane so none of this is his fault

You did not provide any good answers. I don't believe that anybody deserves to get the death penalty as I do not believe that governments have the right to kill people except in self defense.

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Bill to kyle 2012/07/24 22:53:31 (edited)

In that case I sure hope you're not voting for Obama this year. He ordered the assassinations of at least five American citizens (one was only 16 years old). All were killed without any charges, trials, juries, right to face their accusers, Miranda rights or any other Constitutional rights that are guaranteed to all American citizens. How do you feel about THAT?

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kyle to Bill 2012/07/24 23:11:08

I am not voting for Obama (or Romney).

I do believe that everybody deserves a trial unless we are being attacked by them. The American citizens we killed were not in the process of attacking us so if we were going to bring them to justice we had a responsibility to capture them and hold some kind of trial (civilian or military).

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Bill to kyle 2012/07/24 23:34:56 (edited)

Do you believe that Obama should be impeached and prosecuted for murder?

Even Ron Paul said he should be. The 16 year old boy was a photographer documenting the massive drone strikes ordered by Obama which have killed hundreds, perhaps thousands of innocent civilians. That was his only crime. When he was murdered, 17 of his friend died with him while they ate dinner.

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Bill to Bill 2012/07/24 23:38:50

I'm also curious about this "self defense" thing. Are you saying you would have wanted him killed while he was attacking people in the movie theater but not now that he's killed 12 people and ruined dozens of other lives?

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kyle to Bill 2012/07/24 23:54:48

If there was an armed person in that theater I would be fine with the killing of James Holmes as it is in self defense of self and other and there was no alternative way of stopping him at that point in time.

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kyle to Bill 2012/07/25 00:01:02

I don't know about prosecuted for murder, but impeached yes. If we are at war I would not want our leaders making bad choices preventing our best defense in order to prevent their own prosecution. Obama and others believe that if we kill enough of them we will be safe from terrorists.

However, I think he should be prosecuted for violation of our rights. He has killed innocent civilians (knowing they were civilians) while they were not attacking us. If they were in the process of attacking us I would say that is fine to kill them. However, they would have to be actually attacking us, not just speaking out against the government.

All of this is quite difficult as you cannot just say you can kill any US citizen but you also cannot say every US citizen must receive a trial. There are situations that should prevent both of those from occurring.

Hopefully that made sense?

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AZTEC W... to kyle 2012/08/04 01:37:16

he wasnt attacked it was the other way around he attacked injured 36 and killed 12 he should be hung on the biggest thickest tree their is

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kyle to AZTEC W... 2012/08/04 01:43:20

I know he killed and injured people. However, the government should only kill in self defense. If the police got there and he was still shooting, then of course they should kill him.

However, he is not going to kill anybody anymore. He can have life in prison (without a possibility of parole).

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AZTEC W... to kyle 2012/08/04 01:51:11

he shot at innoccent people who wanted to watch the dark night rises their wer kids their. prison is not good enough tax money will feed and clothes him i say death row then killed with two months

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kyle to AZTEC W... 2012/08/04 01:53:25

But what authority does government have in killing people (other than self defense)?

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AZTEC W... to kyle 2012/08/04 01:58:58

ok if you no what your doing is not insane the goverment job is to protect the tax payers and voters and the citizens of this country they should kill him and erase him from the face of the earth

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kyle to AZTEC W... 2012/08/04 02:01:16

They are not protecting anybody by killing him. He is in prison (or being held somewhere). He will do no harm to anybody.

Not to mention the fact that keeping him in prison will be cheaper which would actually protect the tax payers.

I am only for killing people if it is self defense. This is not self defense as he can't do harm.

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AZTEC W... to kyle 2012/08/04 02:06:38

this is how i see if they kill him thats one more murder thats six feet under tax money is gonna keep him alive does he no how much pain he brought to people in aurora thats a few miles from the mile high city were i live i hear people saying that prison is to good and stuff

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kyle to AZTEC W... 2012/08/04 02:11:23

I want prison to be less "good and stuff". No TV, less luxuries etc. However, that doesn't mean we should kill him.

It is cheaper to keep him alive for life in prison than deal with the death penalty trial and endless appeals.

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AZTEC W... to kyle 2012/08/04 02:17:11

you want him to be in solitary confinement with no window or clock that way he can actually become insane because he wont no how long he's been their if they do. do that i say one meal a day no outside time nothing to tell him wen its day or night a toilet no shower for life and to be nice some cheap ass toilet paper

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Outta' Here. 2012/07/24 19:58:22

Yes, this scumbag deserves to be tortured and killed

I suggest baseball bats for the victims' families and a view from the inside of the locked room containing them for Mr. Holmes.

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relic 2012/07/24 19:23:18

Yes, this scumbag deserves to be tortured and killed

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Joe61 to relic 2012/07/24 21:23:01

If he is dead then we will never know the truth....I believe there is more to this attack that is not being reported and I am just wondering why some of the stark similarities are being completely ignored......The red hair, the booby trapped home and materials used.

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relic to Joe61 2012/07/24 21:41:33

You'll never get the truth from Holder and Oslime about it.

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Bill to relic 2012/07/24 22:02:47

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The guy with the boot on his head kinda looks like him.

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nightcrawler2005 2012/07/24 19:21:53

Yes, this scumbag deserves to be tortured and killed

If anyone deserves the death penalty he does.

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Schläue~© 2012/07/24 19:10:49

Yes, this scumbag deserves to be tortured and killed

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Vision ... to Schläue~© 2012/07/24 19:14:18
Schläue~© to Vision ... 2012/07/24 19:25:16 (edited)

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I saw a documentary about these guys and couldn't stop laughing.
That would be a most cumbersome way to go through daily chores.
They were quite proud of their ornaments though.

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Vision ... to Schläue~© 2012/07/24 19:27:14
Schläue~© to Vision ... 2012/07/24 19:45:10

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Yeah ..... piercings close back up for the most part but unless one knows a good reconstructive surgeon the rest of that is in a realm all it's own.

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Vision ... to Schläue~© 2012/07/24 19:48:29
Schläue~© to Vision ... 2012/07/24 19:53:24

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I can just hear some 3 year old asking .... "Grandpa, why does your face look like a Jungle Jim"?

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Vision ... to Schläue~© 2012/07/24 19:56:29
Schläue~© to Vision ... 2012/07/24 20:10:48

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Seems like this poll stalled out anyway.

Attack of the killer doorknobs part IV.

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Vision ... to Schläue~© 2012/07/24 20:14:17
Schläue~© to Vision ... 2012/07/24 20:17:13

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Good thing you're 6 foot and it didn't hit you in the forehead, huh?

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