http://community.beliefnet.com/go/forum/view/43971/68569/Death_Penaltyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/29820871/Why_the_Death_Penalty_Is_a_Bad_IdeaA man is being freed 22 years after being convicted of a murder he did not commit:news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/20/ive-liv...Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:14:31 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/29089827/Connecticut_Abolishes_Death_PenaltyConnecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy quietly signed a bill Wednesday repealing Connecticut's death penalty. The state has had the death penalty since the colonial era, when a Native American named Napauduck was hanged for murder in 1639. Stories hSun, 29 Apr 2012 13:34:34 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/28289265/Seems_like_there_was_reasonable_doubt...news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/troy-davis-...Well, if they find out he was truly not guilty, there's no going back once he's been executedWed, 21 Sep 2011 09:58:13 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/26978489/Killing_is_costlyI just read this in the local rag.«A Maryland study suggested that a death sentence - with all the trials, appeals and incarceration that it entailed - cost the state $US3 million, and more if the prisoner failed to be executed, whereas a lifeFri, 11 Feb 2011 20:01:05 -0600http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/26275965/My_views_on_the_death_penaltyEvery time I hear about someone being handed the death penalty my overwhelming feeling is always 'that person might be innocent'. The idea of the government killing someone that may not have done anything wrong often makes me feel every bit as sick aTue, 16 Nov 2010 19:04:33 -0600http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/25720797/My_312_cents_on_the_Death_PenaltyThe death penalty is not a deterrent. Getting caught is the deterrent.If EVERY speeder was caught and pulled over and the punishment was a mere slap on the wrist, would you still speed? No, because the second you got to 1 mph over the limit you&rsqFri, 27 Aug 2010 13:26:31 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/21961013/Ohio_Wants_a_Second_Try_at_Executing_Inmate_-_Your_ThoughtsOn September 15, Ohio tried -- but failed -- to execute condemned inmate Romell Broom by lethal injection. It's a fairly horrible story, with Broom being stuck with needles for something like 18 times by prison staff trying to find a usable vein. AThu, 10 Dec 2009 00:23:14 -0600http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/20982961/Some_Reasons_Why_The_Death_Penalty_Is_NOT_a_DeterrentThere is no sociological evidence that would lead one to conclude that the death penalty is a sucessful deterrent to violent crime. U.S. states without the death penalty have a lower rate of homicide than those states that do have it. This holds trSat, 17 Oct 2009 01:06:17 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/20935117/Death_PenaltyIn my opinion the death penalty should be allowed and enforced in every state. I am tired of paying taxes to feed, cloth, house...etc for people who commit and are convicted of hateful crimes such as rape, murder, molestion, child pornography, majorMon, 12 Oct 2009 02:53:08 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/15297405/Would_Life_Sentences_with_NO_Parole_be_Better_Than_the_Death_PenaltyWould knowing they could end up literally spending the rest of their lives in prison be as much or more of a deterrent than the Death Penalty? Judges have sometimes imposed the sentencing maximum on each count of an indictment to be sure that a conviTue, 23 Jun 2009 17:52:25 -0500