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Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?

Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?

Yes

7

No

5

Yes

Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?
5 Comments
Donna Welborn-Dicus
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Donna Welborn-Dicus

This was not a passive murder (shooting), he actively beat these three victims to death with a HAMMER.

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Max
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Max

This man beat the victims with a hammer, with such savagery that the initial investigation, it was thought that they had been shot in their faces with a large shotgun. He should have been put down many years ago.

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Will Mason
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Will Mason

It is time to stop wasting money on this fool. He should have been executed years ago.

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N A
N A

the death penalty is actually far more expensive than a system that utilizes life in prison

Chris Hill
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Chris Hill

Against the death penalty in general, but then there are cases like this one.

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No

Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?
3 Comments
N A
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N A

regardless of your stance on the death penalty, the supreme court clearly established in 2002 that it is considered "cruel and unusual punishment" to execute someone with a mental disability. Johnson repeatedly scored below the comprehension level of a 5 yr old on disability tests.

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Christopher Watson
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Christopher Watson

Two wrongs don't make a right, it's NOT justice, it's revenge, that is evil. Makes you no better than the Perp.

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N A
N A

in response to max de young: 1. no one was advocating this man ever be freed from prison 2. the death penalty is proven to not reduce the amount of violent crimes in a country

Max
Max

But it will prevent another wrong, and that may save an undetermined amount of lives.

Letitia DenHartog
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Letitia DenHartog

There is no way of knowing whether he understood what he was doing when he killed the people.

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Max
Max

I'm pretty certain the people he beat to death also failed to understand him too.

What do you think of demolishing part of the White House to build a ballroom?

What do you think of demolishing part of the White House to build a ballroom?

It doesn't bother me

4

I don't like it

4

It doesn't bother me

4 Comments
Carol Backe
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Carol Backe

I think if it were Obama, nothing would be said about it. I think just because it’s President Trump there is the hate that some have for him. Not this much controversy when all the other changes were done by other presidents. None of this is costing taxpayers as it has in the past.

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Fred
Fred

Please provide an example of such an expansive change ... this ballroom is likely to turn out to be larger than the White House itself! I don't doubt we'll see a TRUMP sign on it before it is finished!

Max
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Max

Trump is improving the White House, and he is using private funding to do that.

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Fred
Fred

Right ... "private funding" in exchange for pardons and other favors. The more accurate description is BRIBES.

Kenneth Young
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Kenneth Young

Separation of the rich and poor is getting wider. I was never invited to watch a movie in the movie room just like I'll never be invited to any dances.....I think we'd be better off if they tore down the west wing

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Eric Smith
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Eric Smith

Big Beautiful White House

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I don't like it

2 Comments
Chris Macy
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Chris Macy

STOP THIS MANIAC!!!

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Kelly Branstetter
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Kelly Branstetter

It's history, it's respect and honor, the ballroom was never approved and the drawings show it overshadowing the White House itself. Awful

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Will Mizzou football beat Vanderbilt in Nashville this weekend?

Will Mizzou football beat Vanderbilt in Nashville this weekend?

Yes

1

No

1

Yes

1 Comment

No

1 Comment
John Parker
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John Parker

Missouri always has trouble with Vandy even when Vandy is not very good. Vandy is a playoff team.

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