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Post by Mo-DAWG on May 10, 2010 23:13:18 GMT
well do DR inmates and other murderers really feel remorse when they claim they do? and does it really matter whether they feel remorse or not?
one cant look inside peoples heads or inside peoples true emotions .. some want to give these men and women on DR/in prison the benefit of the doubt when it comes to remorse and some dont ..its a decision everyone has to make for himself ..
i dont even know if being sorry really matters still ... the victims are dead and cant be brought back no matter how much remorse a murderer fells ... DR will be executed .. remorse or not it wont change a thing anymore .. Lifers will spend their lives i prison ..remorse or not it wont change a thing anymore
so why the fuck does anyone care whether the feel remorse or not? does it help if the murderer felt remorse? if so then WHOM does it help? and does it help if one never knows if remorsefulness is real or not .. which leads us back to the start:one cant look inside peoples heads or inside peoples true emotions
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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on May 11, 2010 1:31:22 GMT
Mo-DAWG - The whole idea of getting touchy-feely with death row inmates seems repulsive to me. They earned their place in the execution chamber through cruelty to others. I could care less whether they're repenting, sorry, or begging for another chance, etc.
Off with their heads. An eye for an eye. The Earth will be a better place when they've departed this planet.
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Post by Mo-DAWG on May 11, 2010 1:34:09 GMT
Mo-DAWG - The whole idea of getting touchy-feely with death row inmates seems repulsive to me. They earned their place in the execution chamber through cruelty to others. I could care less whether they're repenting, sorry, or begging for another chance, etc. Off with their heads. An eye for an eye. The Earth will be a better place when they've departed this planet. BA .. we'll have to agree to disagree when it comes to the DP .. but you made a point about repenting while others seem to make a big deal out of it ... thats why i made the post .. remorse or not - what the hell does it change whether there is remorse ore not
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Post by riotgrrl on May 11, 2010 7:28:47 GMT
I suppose 'remorse' matters because our legal systems are based on Judeo-Christian principles, and forgiveness is an important part of the Christian message.
But you can't forgive someone who isn't the least bit sorry, can you?
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Post by iamjumbo on May 12, 2010 11:36:59 GMT
the time for remorse passed the second the victim died. it simply doesn't matter whether or not the murderer is truly sorry. it's as i have to repeatedly tell my ol' lady, there is no being sorry for doing something that you already knew you had no right to do.
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Post by mouse on May 12, 2010 13:25:09 GMT
if one was truely sorry..then one would be happy to pay the price....what good is remorse to a corpse
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on May 23, 2010 17:41:34 GMT
I'm sure some people do feel remorse for their crimes...but that doesn't mean we should let them off or give them a break.
AH
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Post by chefmate on May 24, 2010 0:01:34 GMT
I'm sure some people do feel remorse for their crimes...but that doesn't mean we should let them off or give them a break. AH I agree. It would be nice to know someone is truly sorry for the crime they have committed but we still can't cut slack because of remorse. Sorry thing is, many killers sit on mainline rather than death row so we really aren't getting the worst of the worst on death row. Many end up with a death sentence in California simply because they have "dump truck attorneys" that should never be allowed to represent a death penalty defendant. I guess that is why I'm against the death penalty; it isn't applied fairly and it really serves nothing in the end......just more sadness and the victim is still dead
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