[muawiyah]

NOTE: Northern Virginia has some areas that are definitely leftwingtard dominated. However, it's a strong tradition here to go ahead and have mad dog killers executed ~ your typical leftwingtard understands he could be next when these pukes from DC and Maryland get loose and commit acts of mayhem, so it's best they all die, when caught, rather than let one of them walk by accident.

Keeps us up there in the running with Texas in the gurney races.

[al44]

I didn’t mean to imply that I’m against the death penalty, only the question (like perhaps most in the debate) was asked with an ulterior motive. I mean it was pretty clear already where Perry stood, why not ask more about jobs and the economy?

[One Name]

Here’s where I will weigh in... I’m an evangelical who has worked in a prison system for 28 years..

We are all worthy of death. Some are so dangerous they need to be locked up forever. Even then, they place their keepers at risk.

I worked on the death penalty protocols when our state passed the death penalty. We visited Texas (the experts) shortly after Karla Faye Baker had been executed.

I stood in the injection room and spoke with the actual executioners while the muckety-mucks were talking. These men were humbled and not proud at all of their role... it took a toll on them.

I support the military, and legitimate law enforcement in the use of deadly force- I would use it if need be in defense of myself or others, even in a tactical situation ( I was once OIC of the prison sniper team) where you yourself are not at immediate risk.

But, I would not stand in that room and execute another sinner strapped to a table.

I vacillated over the years, but that is my position based on some insight most people don’t experience.