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Kentucky Lawmakers Vote to Put Limits on Death Penalty
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Posted on 03/25/2022 8:35:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 03/25/2022 8:35:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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One per customer?


2 posted on 03/25/2022 8:41:54 PM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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Nine if by cat.


3 posted on 03/25/2022 9:02:29 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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Look for all the murderers to be labeled with severe mental illnesses

Certainly all the females


4 posted on 03/25/2022 9:05:19 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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"life without parole."

And spending your entire life in a cage is better than death? Not for the taxpayer, and it's doubtful someone who is crazy in the first place would find it better.
5 posted on 03/25/2022 9:06:07 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (Democracy is two dead Democrats and a Republican voting who's brains are for dinner.)
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No death penalty for schitzos? Build some institutions for these people then, i don’t want to wait around for them to harm someone before we lock them up. . Seriously, make it a mandatory institutionable offense to be off your meds then.


6 posted on 03/25/2022 9:10:30 PM PDT by Ikeon
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Stupid Party is the GOP.


7 posted on 03/25/2022 9:15:58 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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Only thing worse than having a republican governor is having a communist governor...

Most republican governors are RINOs & squishy, at best...

Time to let the state counties each have one vote to choose/elect the governors?


8 posted on 03/25/2022 9:16:23 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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Look for all the murderers to be labeled with severe mental illnesses

That just happened in Dallas. That 4 year old kid Cash Geshon who was murdered by a Dindu Nuffin. Well, regarding the murderer the judge just ruled that he was too incompetent to stand trial.

Another example of "white" privilege.

9 posted on 03/25/2022 9:22:21 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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We usually have problems getting Pro-Life bills marked up in Kentucky. Have no idea why with veto-proof Republican majorities. Did we get the Roe trigger law passed? Should. Guess more Libertarian members here will disagree with me but remain suspicious of and oppose camel’s nose under the tent drug legalization efforts. And they’re picking up a bit of steam here. Just seen too many people damaged by supposedly harmless pot. Like Rand Paul, will vote for him yet again but disagree with the hemp stuff and don’t like all the CBD ads on conservative talk radio.


10 posted on 03/25/2022 9:51:59 PM PDT by MDLION (J"Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:)
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Ironically they are validating the Bell Curve.

Being low iq isnt a reason to declare they are not responsible.


11 posted on 03/25/2022 10:46:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Kentuckians get to pay for convicts for life! What a bargain! Thank you Republicans


12 posted on 03/26/2022 12:56:33 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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Welll we know how this wokes i mean, works. The peeps they don’t want on death row will have a competent mental health examiner produce the right diagnosis so the aspiring rappuhs, antifa creeps, illegal aliens or immigrants, etc etc will avoid the death penalty no matter how heinous the crime.

Kentucky, yu are going down a slippery slope so sad


13 posted on 03/26/2022 1:33:38 AM PDT by Gasshog
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I’m sorry but allowing a killer to live because of a temporary or even permanent mental issue does not make their victim un-dead. An eye for an eye is a good rule.


14 posted on 03/26/2022 1:54:11 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Slo-Joe and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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Certainly all the females and most black males


15 posted on 03/26/2022 2:50:56 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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Kentucky would make the death penalty off-limits for some defendants diagnosed with severe mental illnesses under a bill that won final legislative approval Friday.

It has always bothered me that people think mentally ill shouldn't be executed, as if their illness should give them some sort of waiver for the consequences of what they have done.

From my perspective, the mentally ill should absolutely be executed if they have committed murder. Even more so than a sane murderer. The threat they to other people's lives is even greater because of their lack of rationality.

We shoot rabid dogs. We do not agonize over how the dog came to be rabid or the belief that it's not the dog's fault it is rabid.

It represents a danger, and we eliminate that danger.

This is common sense. Refusing to execute insane murderers is itself insane. They do not need to know what is happening to them, and they do not need to understand why they are being executed.

It serves no societal interest to keep these people alive. This is a stupid idea and we should stop doing it.

16 posted on 03/26/2022 5:07:48 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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Remove their hands at the elbow and free them all.

OR

Commit them all to a desert island but give them a stack of drugs and a dull paring knife before dropping them off at the island. I'm certain that others there would welcome them with open arms!

17 posted on 03/26/2022 6:46:42 AM PDT by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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The 90% dead solution....


18 posted on 03/26/2022 7:14:51 AM PDT by GingisK
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Since mental hospitals have been closed nationwide-—WHAT are they intending to do with such prisoners???


19 posted on 03/26/2022 7:21:32 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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Turn them loose on you if you live in Kentucky. They have their armed guards and gates that can securely locked. it is open season on the sheep.


20 posted on 03/26/2022 7:28:34 AM PDT by sport
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