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Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?

Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?

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No

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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?
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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.

Can President Trump end birthright citizenship?

Can President Trump end birthright citizenship?

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No

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Yes

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No

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Was Biden right to issue preliminary pardons for Trump critics and family members?

Was Biden right to issue preliminary pardons for Trump critics and family members?

Yes

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No

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Yes

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Eric Smith
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Eric Smith

Biden is a dirt bag, and a 50+ year professional criminal, and the leader of a family of criminals. To bad he didn't croak with Carter; could have had a BOGO on good riddance funerals. But since he's all in for democracy and not dividing the country, he did the right thing.

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No

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Donnie Copenhaver
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Donnie Copenhaver

Biden is admitting his family is guilty by issuing the pardons.

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Belinda Kitchen
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Belinda Kitchen

No cause basically he admitted his whole family is guilty! I think Biden had it all planned out and he is dirty! Now Trump will get us all on the right path and drill baby drill !!!!! Like it should have always been!

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Max DeYoung
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Max DeYoung

Biden is a criminal. He will wear this failure for the rest of his life.

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that accepting a pardon implies an admission of guilt. This decision was made in the 1915 case of Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79 (1915). In this case, the Court stated that acceptance of a pardon implies a confession of guilt and carries an imputation

Belinda Kitchen
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Belinda Kitchen

No cause basically he admitted his whole family is guilty! I think Biden had it all planned out and he is dirty! Now Trump will get us all on the right path and drill baby drill !!!!! Like it should have always been!

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