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« on: December 26, 2005, 11:13:34 PM »
Quote from: © Boss Tweed on December 26, 2005, 11:07:52 PM
Couldn't it be argued that the death penalty is 'depriving life'?

It is depriving life, without a doubt. You seem to be ignoring the 'without due process' part.
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« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2005, 11:27:17 PM »
Well, a state can't really 'lynch' someone. Anything authorized by law is due process of law.
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« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2006, 07:59:00 PM »
Actually, the immaturity was on the part of those justices.
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« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2006, 09:26:20 PM »
Uh, you are an idiot. Go figure out what 'murder' means and maybe then I'll point you to the four parts of the Constitution that explicitly contemplate the usage of the death penalty.
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« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2006, 09:32:23 PM »
Your dictionary is trash. Murder is the unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice.
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« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2006, 12:43:31 PM »
The Constitution explicitly contemplates the usage of the death penalty three times in the Fifth Amendment, and once in the Fourteenth.
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« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2006, 04:55:16 PM »
I thought that was a different thread.
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