Originally Posted by Phil Hoskins
To those who advocate having a death penalty, I repeat hoping for a response.

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Let me put it this way. Imagine a man close to you, husband, father, son or brother, is a child sex offender. He is convicted of raping a child. At sentencing, the state asks for the death penalty based upon the testimony of a psychologist that he is a "compulsive offender and is 45% likely to re-offend."

Would you then think the death penalty is proper? If so, please explain why the 55% likelihood of not re-offending isn't persuasive to avoid the death penalty?


Remember, 80% of child molestations are at the hands of a close family member.

It would be hard to accept, but so is being molested or having your child, niece, nephew cousin or other young relative molested. John Wayne Gacy or Richard Davis first started out "just' molesting or raping and then turned to more violent acts(torture and murder) to satisfy their predilections. They were/are also somebody's father/son/brother/cousin. Certain crimes deserve the death penalty. These acts are/were planned-not mistakes or accidents.


milk and Girl Scout cookies ;-)

Save your breath-You may need it to blow up your date.