Comments on: Former Virginia attorney general, now against the death penalty, to speak on the issue of mass incarceration /now/news/2015/former-virginia-attorney-general-now-against-the-death-penalty-to-speak-on-the-issue-of-mass-incarceration/ News from the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ community. Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:47:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Evan /now/news/2015/former-virginia-attorney-general-now-against-the-death-penalty-to-speak-on-the-issue-of-mass-incarceration/#comment-98310 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 21:07:17 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/news/?p=25624#comment-98310 In reply to Michael Ryan.

I guess it takes a teeny bit of imagination and maybe even the slightest bit of biblical understanding to be against the death penalty.

]]> By: Mary /now/news/2015/former-virginia-attorney-general-now-against-the-death-penalty-to-speak-on-the-issue-of-mass-incarceration/#comment-98260 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:36:32 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/news/?p=25624#comment-98260 If we say that killing people is wrong, then killing people is wrong. If there is the slightest chance that someone might be put to death erroneously, then it is wrong. Another matter of note is that putting someone to death costs more than incarcerating that person for the rest of his or her life. I do not want my hard-earned tax dollars used to kill people, particularly when it’s known that innocent people are mistakenly put to death. I want my money and resources used for life, not death!

]]> By: Michael Ryan /now/news/2015/former-virginia-attorney-general-now-against-the-death-penalty-to-speak-on-the-issue-of-mass-incarceration/#comment-98236 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 19:39:56 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/news/?p=25624#comment-98236 I don’t understand how anyone can be against the death penalty at this point in time. Over two million Americans are flooding the prison system, recidivism rate is at the highest its ever been, while prisons don’t reform a single person. Rapists, pedophiles, murders who always commit the same crime after being released, after putting a strain on the prison system. How can anyone be against the death penalty at this point?

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