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Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?

Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?

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Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?
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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

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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Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?
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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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Max
Max

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

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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

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.

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