Re:The real reason to end the death penalty
by JimBeans2131 on Thursday April 22, 2021 @04:27PM
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By a strict logical interpretation, execution by death penalty is not murder. Dictionary definition of murder:
"the _unlawful_ premeditated killing of one human being by another."
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Re:The real reason to end the death penalty
by sneak on Thursday April 22, 2021 @04:29PM
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Violation of one's inalienable right to life (as written in the US declaration of independence, as well as the UN's universal declaration of human rights) is unlawful, regardless of any state legislation.
States can't legislate you out of your human rights.
One day the US federal courts will notice this error that they've made and fix the glitch.
As Churchill famously said, "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."
Re:The real reason to end the death penalty
by JimBeans2131 on Thursday April 22, 2021 @04:37PM
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Someone who violates an innocent persons inalienable right to life, thereby forfeits their own right to life.
Re:The real reason to end the death penalty
by JimBeans2131 on Thursday April 22, 2021 @04:33PM
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By that clown logic, any hostile forces can freely invade and conquer the United States, because it's universally illegal to kill human beings, including enemies.