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SarahD

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3. For many, it should be gruesome and painful and prolonged.

Reply to Frasier Balzov (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 28, 2024, 09:00 PM

Feb 2024

Executions are primarily to satisfy some Old Testament need for revenge. If you hear talk radio discussions of the death penalty, there is often discussion of why we should make execution crueler. Many people think it's too kind.

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Maybe they could beat him to death with a baseball bat. [View all] SarahD Feb 2024 OP

This barbarity MUST END! n/t lastlib Feb 2024 #1

Nitrogen asphyxiation is the future of death penalty executions. Frasier Balzov Feb 2024 #2

For many, it should be gruesome and painful and prolonged. SarahD Feb 2024 #3

In the opinion of many, you mean. Frasier Balzov Feb 2024 #4