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Ohio senators introduce bipartisan bill
to end death penalty

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Posted By: Harlowe, 3/30/2023 12:03:15 PM

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The death penalty could be abolished in Ohio under upcoming bipartisan legislation announced Tuesday--the latest in what has been years of effort to end capital punishment in the state. (Snip) The Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association opposes the legislation, calling it “dangerous” and saying it would cut Ohio’s “worst criminals” a break. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost, a supporter of the death penalty, said in a statement that the bill provides a platform to discuss a needed overhaul of Ohio’s capital punishment system, calling it “a farce and a broken promise of justice.”

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Considering the lawlessness that has overtaken much of this country raises the question of “why” it continues unabated--law and order so elusive. The answer may well be in the lack of law enforcement that includes the death penalty. Unless and until the full letter of the law has been executed, which includes execution, criminals will not get the message and innocent society will suffer the consequences. Do-gooders may be well-intentioned, but reality begs for protection of life, limb and property. God’s Word supports capital punishment (Gen. 9:6; Lev. 24:17; Ex. 21:12; Num. 35:21; Deut. 19:11; Rom. 13:4; Acts 25:11)

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Venturer 3/30/2023 12:35:34 PM (No. 1437255)
The last execution in Ohio was in 2018 so they are way behind. They need to catch up .
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Reply 2 - Posted by: BluesClues 3/30/2023 1:10:21 PM (No. 1437286)
I'm ok with getting rid of capital punishment. Instead, I believe all inmates need to work in some form and that prisons should produce more than it costs to run.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Luke21 3/30/2023 1:12:43 PM (No. 1437289)
The libs ended a working death penalty six decades ago with Earl Warren. It has been a rarity since, only used in TV and movies, with exceptions here and there. They have also trashed justice itself, and turned the whole system into a grim joke.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 3/30/2023 1:21:34 PM (No. 1437300)
We need more of it, not less.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: griddog1 3/30/2023 1:31:37 PM (No. 1437310)
If you are apposed to the death penalty you stand in direct opposition to a Holy God. Read your Bible. "Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." Ecclesiastes 8:11.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: seamusm 3/30/2023 2:34:14 PM (No. 1437350)
Could we be certain of actual guilt not just a verdict from 12 souls unable to escape jury duty - and if it did not take forever to carry out the sentence - then I could recognize society's right to impose the death penalty. But neither of those are true so I oppose the sentence as it currently exists. Every year we read of someone who was falsely convicted and who languished in prison for years. I am certain that we have also put to death innocents. "Let God sort it out', is not worthy of a just society.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: bpl40 3/30/2023 3:00:26 PM (No. 1437362)
There are over 3000 inmates on US death rows currently. Over 800 of them ae there for a second murder. Are these Senators taking personal responsibility of providing comfort and justice to the families of these 800 unnecessary victims?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Hazymac 3/30/2023 3:15:41 PM (No. 1437368)
As WFB's friend, Professor Ernest van den Haag once wrote (I'm going from memory), "If the price for wantonly taking a life is not the life of the murderer, innocent life is thereby cheapened." The death penalty is constitutional, but if it is not used, the deterrent value of execution vanishes; it becomes an empty velleity if not carried out. Plus, the penalty for unmitigated, life destroying evil should be death.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 3/30/2023 3:30:24 PM (No. 1437372)
They will replace it with Life Without Parole but then before you know it they are out on parole only to kill again. Liberals and RINOs only have one goal and that is to bring the country down.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: chumley 3/30/2023 3:55:00 PM (No. 1437383)
I could go for the death penalty if guilt was an absolute certainty and the victim didnt have it coming. The problem is, there are so many crooked DAs out there that falsify evidence or hide exculpatory evidence, or juries that just get it wrong. We have a DA in NY doing that to Trump right now. Its possible for someone who is really innocent to get executed. I could not live with myself if I was a part of that. Better to err on the side of life if an error is to be made.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Luandir 3/30/2023 4:30:51 PM (No. 1437402)
Say what you will about deterrence, but the executed never re-offend.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: bad-hair 3/30/2023 6:22:27 PM (No. 1437452)
Agreed, but only if you lock them up and THROW AWAY THE KEY. Let 'em die in a cell.
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