How does someone who is

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How does someone who is
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Sun, 10-17-2004 - 7:30pm

anti-capital punishment support Kerry when he makes comments like "I will hunt them down and kill them"?


** and to clarify before someone misunderstands.  Of course I know not ALL Kerry supporters are against CP .. I am simply asking about those who are.


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Sun, 10-17-2004 - 7:36pm
Well, I think Kerry and Bush are on the same page as far as what should be done to terrorists. After all, when Bush was Governor of Texas he refused to commute a woman's death sentence, so she was executed even after she clamed to have become a "born again Christian" I think there is a fine line, and Terrorists in my book have crossed the line.
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Sun, 10-17-2004 - 7:40pm

But someone like Charles Manson doesn't cross that line?

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Sun, 10-17-2004 - 7:43pm
I personally like the rest of the days in prision thing better. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the outcome if you murder someone and found guilty you're on death row? I'm not too strong in that area so just wondering. I'm sure someone here would know.
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Sun, 10-17-2004 - 7:44pm
Oh and only reason why I could think they would do death row is for lack of space in the jail. *shrug*
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Sun, 10-17-2004 - 7:46pm
not always -- there are different kinds of murder and only certain crimes warrant a *death penalty* ... but what I am asking you (since you are a Kerry supporter) is how can you support him when he says things like "hunt them down and kill them" -- if you think jail time is better?

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Sun, 10-17-2004 - 7:49pm
I guess it depends, frankly I think if someone commits a horrific crime such as Charlie Manson did and most recently the very strong possibility that Scott Peterson did, I think if I were on that jury, I'd have a lot of soul searching, seriously wanting to send his butt to be executed, but also realizing in good time, God would punish him. It is a difficult call to say the least.
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Sun, 10-17-2004 - 10:54pm
Well what about Bush? Doesn't he say the same thing? And you support him right? I don't know what Kerry will do if he does get these men. I hope he at least gets them so there can be justice. Just because I am not for the death penalty doesn't mean someone else is. It's not on my hands.
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Mon, 10-18-2004 - 1:13am
Oh, me! me! I know, Kery is saying it to appease the death and revenge loving voters.

I think he has a tough run, being that we are at war now, and Bush is the leader in this war, so many people want the drama. they want to follow, they dont care what.
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Mon, 10-18-2004 - 10:56am

"Oh, me! me! I know, Kery is saying it to appease the death and revenge loving voters."


I agree absolutely with you on this missmaryjennifer.

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Mon, 10-18-2004 - 12:47pm
Kerry wants to execute terrorists but save the cop-killers:

KERRY" NO DEATH PENALTY FOR COP-KILLERS, KERRY'S FLIP -FLOP ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT NO BENEFIT TO POLICE OFFICERS, SAYS FOP

Contact: Tim Richardson of the Fraternal Order of Police, 202-547-8189

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Chuck Canterbury, national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, lamented that none of presidential candidate John Kerry's well-documented flip-flops have improved his positions on issues important to rank-and-file law enforcement officers, citing the application of the death penalty for convicted cop-killers as a prime example.

"After deciding to run for President, John Kerry changed long- held positions on many, many issues," Canterbury said. "While he changes his positions on important issues more than law enforcement officers change shifts, and I am just sorry that his most recent flip-flop does not advance the cause of officer safety by imposing the death penalty on those that murder police officers."

Sen. Kerry is the first major presidential candidate in 15 years to oppose the death penalty. In 1988, Senator Kerry voted against the death penalty for cop-killers and also voted to kill an amendment that would have expanded the death penalty to include some criminals that murder innocent bystanders and police officers during drug-related transactions. At one of the debates during his reelection bid in 1996, Sen. Kerry was asked to explain his opposition to the death penalty to the surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer that was killed in the line of duty. His answer? "I don't like killing. I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning killing."

"A State honors life by meting out justice to those that violate its laws," said Canterbury. "There are few acts more heinous than murder, and the murder of police officer in particular should be punishable by death. Even Senator Kerry's liberal colleagues from California, Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, support capital punishment for convicted cop- killers."

Prior to running for President, Sen. Kerry even opposed the death penalty for terrorists. He voted against a bill that would have imposed the death penalty for the terrorist murder of United States nationals abroad in 1989. And, in 1996, he described the death penalty as a "terrorist protection policy." But now he claims to support the use of capital punishment against terrorists.

"I can't help but wonder," Canterbury said, "would a Kerry Administration require every death sentence to be subject to some sort of 'global test?'"

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The Fraternal Order of Police is the largest law enforcement labor organization in the United States, with more than 318,000 members.

http://www.usnewswire.com/