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Yes, but only for horrific crimes with undeniable evidence

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 @9FQG9QV from Iowa  disagreed…3yrs3Y

There's no such thing as "undeniable evidence," there is always a possibility of something being proved wrong. Forensics is never 100% and witnesses can always lie or misinterpret things. Also what can be considered as a "horrific crime" is completely subjective and can lead to people constantly fluctuating the standards for what qualifies as "Death Penalty Worthy."

  @Lancia-037Republican from Tennessee  disagreed…1yr1Y

If I walk up to you and shoot you while ON FILM is that evidence and the wrongness of the crime subjective, too?

 @9HQXZQL from Connecticut  agreed…3yrs3Y

If someone kills 20 people, the easiest and arguably best thing to do would be to kill them. If a developing child with a severe mental disorder and a poor living condition killed 2 people, fixing their problems should be a higher concern than what their punishment should be.

 @9GS33SQ from Utah  disagreed…3yrs3Y

No one deserves to die. If we kill people what is the difference between killers and the government.

 @9FQ26VW from Tennessee  disagreed…3yrs3Y

No one has the authority to say whether someone should be allowed to live or die, except for medical circumstances where death is preferential to severe pain or lack of recovery.

 @Desmond-HawkConstitution  from West Virginia  agreed…3mos3MO

The alternative is keeping the criminals alive using taxpayer money for decades. If this person has destroyed a life and is undeniably guilty, they have forfeited their own life.

  @Lancia-037Republican from Tennessee  agreed…1yr1Y

Add abortion, p*dophilia, and child gender transitioning to undeniable, horrific crimes

 @9G74FX9 from New York  disagreed…3yrs3Y

People who commit unspeakable crimes have no right to live. Tax payers money should ntk go to feeding and sheltering a criminal

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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