Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?

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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 ICE agents be trained at Fort Leonard Wood?

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124 Votes

Should ICE agents be trained at Fort Leonard Wood?

60%

Yes Yes

40%

No No

60%

Yes

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

40%

No

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

Are you happy with the "Missouri First" map approved by the General Assembly?

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803 Votes

Are you happy with the "Missouri First" map approved by the General Assembly?

25%

Yes Yes

75%

No No

25%

Yes

2 Comments

Zaos Gonzolez

**** ***, **** ***** ** ******!

Fat Guy Outdoors

Less Dems the better.

75%

No

3 Comments

Paula Garrett

Not only do I not like this map, I don't like the way they split Boone County in half last time either. Kehoe is wrong. Nothing this legislature does represents me and my values.

Larry Berneking

Don’t like politicians pushing the constitution aside to further their Trump led political agenda!

Toasty

This seems like a political form of "bike shedding". Instead of focusing on important conservative legislation, lets move around lines on a map and pretend it makes some kind of improvement in Missourian's lives.

ABC 17 News

Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?

80% Yes Yes

20% No No

80% Yes

20% No

Should ICE agents be trained at Fort Leonard Wood?

60% Yes Yes

40% No No

60% Yes

40% No

Are you happy with the "Missouri First" map approved by the General Assembly?

25% Yes Yes

75% No No

25% Yes

75% No

80%

Yes Yes

20%

No No

80%

Yes

20%

No

60%

Yes Yes

40%

No No

60%

Yes

40%

No

25%

Yes Yes

75%

No No

25%

Yes

75%

No