Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?

Asked by ABC 17 News

564 Votes

Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?

80%

Yes Yes

20%

No No

80%

Yes

A jury convicted Johnson in 1994 of the murders of three people at a Columbia convenience store. The murder weapon was a claw hammer.

A jury convicted Johnson in 1994 of the murders of three people at a Columbia convenience store. The murder weapon was a claw hammer. Show Less

5 Comments

Connie Sullivan

Enough is enough.

Donna Welborn-Dicus

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

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.

Will Mason

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

N A

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

Chris Hill

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

20%

No

Death penalty foes are trying to get the governor to spare Johnson after other legal efforts failed to get him off death row. They say Johnson is intellectually disabled.

Death penalty foes are trying to get the governor to spare Johnson after other legal efforts failed to get him off death row. They say Johnson is intellectually disabled. Show Less

3 Comments

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.

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.

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

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

Letitia DenHartog

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

Max

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

Should the Trump administration fight a judge's order that it fully fund SNAP?

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244 Votes

Should the Trump administration fight a judge's order that it fully fund SNAP?

39%

Yes Yes

61%

No No

39%

Yes

2 Comments

Fat Guy Outdoors

Defund all welfare programs. Make people responsible for their own actions.

Max

SNAP is primarily funded by the U.S. federal government through congressional appropriations, with the USDA providing the funds, and states administering the program and covering their share of administrative costs.

Max

Trump won this. SCOTUS ruled in favor of Trump.

61%

No

3 Comments

Eric Smith

Trump basically has no say in this, it's on the shoulders of Congress. Might want to study what all the 111th Congress did back in 2009-11... this is all about payback.

Zaos Gonzolez

Spend the money on something else. Send missiles to israel instead.

Toasty

Its all a game both sides are playing with real people in the middle. Trump should step aside and tell congress this mess is all theirs.

Max

Schumer knows this is all on the backs of the democrats.

Did you watch any of this year's World Series?

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192 Votes

Did you watch any of this year's World Series?

35%

Yes Yes

65%

No No

35%

Yes

1 Comment

Larry Ewart

I did but only the last two games. Which as it turned out to be the best.

65%

No

2 Comments

Toasty

There was a world series?

Fat Guy Outdoors

I haven't watched a baseball game since the late 80's. Just not my thing.

ABC 17 News

Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?

80% Yes Yes

20% No No

80% Yes

20% No

Should the Trump administration fight a judge's order that it fully fund SNAP?

39% Yes Yes

61% No No

39% Yes

61% No

Did you watch any of this year's World Series?

35% Yes Yes

65% No No

35% Yes

65% No

80%

Yes Yes

20%

No No

80%

Yes

20%

No

39%

Yes Yes

61%

No No

39%

Yes

61%

No

35%

Yes Yes

65%

No No

35%

Yes

65%

No