• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    16 hours ago

    That’s okay, his biggest records are yet to come: First president to go to go to prison, first president to get executed.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      First president to go to go to prison, first president to get executed.

      Well, I’d much rather the first part. As for the second, I’m against the death penalty, but if the justice system felt that was truly the only way that conservatives would ever learn a fucking lesson here, then I would reluctantly agree with it.

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        13 hours ago

        That’s why I strike a middle ground on the death penalty. I think it is used far too much, and often for all the wrong reasons, but OTOH, I also believe that some people have EARNED their death penalty, and who are we to begrudge them their earnings?

        It should only be used at the Federal level, and should apply to only a handful of cases in an entire decade, across the entire country. It should be reserved for the most heinous crimes, like serial killers, child killers, torture killers, child molester killers, etc., as well as those who have committed high treason. Even then, it should be reserved for those whose cases have no doubts by anyone at all. And before the execution takes place after a reasonable cooling off period, the entire case is automatically reviewed by a panel of judges before being carried out.

        I don’t like the Death Penalty, either, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a responsible place in our society.

      • nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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        14 hours ago

        Some needs are better served by free individuals acting alone in a field in Pennsylvania, instead of a bubmbling government operation