How would you have sentenced Timothy McVeigh?
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Death (as IRL)		  
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Life imprisonment without parole		  
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Life imprisonment, with parole in 30 years		  
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30 years imprisonment, with parole in 15 years		  
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Lighter sentence or no sentence		  
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« on: May 18, 2015, 06:31:07 PM »
« edited: May 18, 2015, 06:44:13 PM by TDAS04 »
Option 2 would have been best.
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« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2015, 07:41:26 PM »

I was not on the jury.  I doubt you were either.  Perhaps you have read all the transcripts of the trial and are therefore able to give a detailed description thereof, and hand down an sentence while you're at it.

I do know that a life sentence in a US prison is tantamount to a promise of torture, harassment, rape, and possibly death.  You might as well send him to the gallows and be done with it cheaply and with a clean conscience.
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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2015, 08:46:30 PM »
I oppose the death penalty, but he really deserved it.
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2015, 11:08:14 PM »
Life in prison, let the bastard rot, etc.
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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2015, 11:42:31 PM »

Death
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« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2015, 03:41:16 PM »
Option 2. (sticks with principles)
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« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2015, 05:25:25 PM »
Also one of the seldom cases where Option 2 is warranted.
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« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2015, 05:50:34 PM »
Death.
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« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2015, 06:21:02 PM »
Quote from: Franzl on May 19, 2015, 05:25:25 PM
Also one of the seldom cases where Option 2 is warranted.
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« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2015, 10:10:48 AM »
Yeah life without parole. I imagine that with McVeigh it would be impossible to release him even if some reason you wanted to. A lot of people would want him dead, and he would be a marked man - it would be an effective death penalty.
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« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2015, 10:27:49 AM »
As I don't believe in subjecting anyone to the so called 'justice' of the U.S. 'justice system', I would not vote to convict him of anything in the first place, had I been on the jury.
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« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2015, 02:31:08 PM »
Quote from: Senator TNF on May 20, 2015, 10:27:49 AM
As I don't believe in subjecting anyone to the so called 'justice' of the U.S. 'justice system', I would not vote to convict him of anything in the first place, had I been on the jury.

that's my ticket to getting booted from any jury pool.  "seeing as the crimes committed by the state far outweigh any that could be perpetrated by any individual or network of individuals, I could never, in good conscience, vote to convict a defendant in a criminal trial"
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« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2015, 11:21:52 AM »
Death, no doubt whatsoever.
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« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2015, 02:48:51 PM »
Life without parole, through I'm not going to blame the jury for giving him capital punishment.
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« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2015, 11:26:48 PM »
option 4 '30 years imprisonment, with parole in 15 years'  sounds like the best option of those presented
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« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2015, 09:31:19 PM »
Death penalty I reserve only for the genocidal and clever escapees who escape  unrepentant continue the same crimes...or worse.

Otherwise leave it to live w/out parole.

I won't shed tears or lose sleep over the actual decision though.
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« Reply #16 on: May 23, 2015, 08:48:47 AM »
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« Reply #17 on: May 23, 2015, 11:45:27 AM »
Life without parole (and in permanent solitary confinement). I really don't think death functions as a proper or real punishment for people like him. I would have preferred he had been given a permanent residence at ADX Florence.
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« Reply #18 on: May 24, 2015, 07:01:15 PM »

Agreed.
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« Reply #19 on: May 24, 2015, 08:07:27 PM »
Quote from: politicallefty on May 23, 2015, 11:45:27 AM
Life without parole (and in permanent solitary confinement). I really don't think death functions as a proper or real punishment for people like him. I would have preferred he had been given a permanent residence at ADX Florence.

This.

Quote from: Senator TNF on May 20, 2015, 10:27:49 AM
As I don't believe in subjecting anyone to the so called 'justice' of the U.S. 'justice system', I would not vote to convict him of anything in the first place, had I been on the jury.

what the actual f***
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« Reply #20 on: May 25, 2015, 08:48:04 PM »
I oppose the state putting someone to death no matter how much they may deserve it. Therefore I default to option 2.
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« Reply #21 on: May 26, 2015, 02:49:52 PM »
Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 30 years.
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« Reply #22 on: May 27, 2015, 03:37:10 PM »
I like the Norwegian system... max of 21 years, then the burden is on the state to prove you're still a "danger to society" every 5 years.  reverse parole.
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« Reply #23 on: May 28, 2015, 04:45:58 AM »
Quote from: Antonio V on April 15, 2015, 02:22:58 PM
Life in Prison with Parole after 20 years (which should be the maximum existing sentence IMO).
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« Reply #24 on: May 31, 2015, 09:19:37 AM »
This is an instant where I have to support the death penalty.
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