Comments | weezie_05: "It's okay to use the death penalty if i get a tax break"

weezie_05

"It's okay to use the death penalty if i get a tax break"

Feb 02, 2007 14:02

That was in a nutshell the comment a guy made in my English class yesterday. We just finished reading the Odyssey and we were discussing revenge. Alice the TA asked what our views were on the death penalty were and I'm strongly against it. I dont know if anyone else in the class is but I was the only person to speak out against it vs the 5-6 ( Read more... )

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luckey_me February 2 2007, 19:56:54 UTC

I'm not sure where I stand on this particular issue, but it drives me crazy, too, when people don't listen to my point of view. I really don't care if they disagree with me, so long as they give me the courtesy of hearing what I have to say.

...why in the world would they do an autopsy on a person that's been killed intentionally?

weezie_05 February 3 2007, 21:05:00 UTC

It's standard procedure to make sure that the execution was carried out correctly and that nothing went wrong.

luckey_me February 3 2007, 21:15:47 UTC

I guess that makes sense? It just seems somewhat... wasteful.

weezie_05 February 4 2007, 18:06:18 UTC

They also sterilize the site for the IV and the needles when they give the lethal injection...