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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
Connie Sullivan
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Connie Sullivan

Enough is enough.

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Donna Welborn-Dicus
1
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
1
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
1
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
1
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
0
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
0
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
0
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.

Should the Columbia City Council approve an ordinance to keep people off medians?

Should the Columbia City Council approve an ordinance to keep people off medians?

Yes

4

No

1

Yes

2 Comments
Steve Baumann
1
Steve Baumann

The fact there is not already one or any attempt at common sense enforcement speaks volumes in it's own right. Maybe we need another department and a 10 year study.......

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Fred
0
Fred

We used to have government funded mental institutions that would have handled this, but Reagan handed this off to the states who didn't have the money to continue funding.

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Max
Max

They spent all of the money on the Left leaning group.

No

1 Comment
Zaos Gonzolez
0
Zaos Gonzolez

If the City passes this, the homeless will not go away. They will move into the surrounding neighborhoods. Your children will step over the homeless as they walk to school and you will hear screaming all night long..

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Steve Baumann
Steve Baumann

It's about safety

What do you think of sending ICE agents to the Winter Olympics?

What do you think of sending ICE agents to the Winter Olympics?

Proud to have them represent us

5

I don't want ICE at the Olympics

4

Proud to have them represent us

2 Comments
Zaos Gonzolez
1
Zaos Gonzolez

DEPORT THEM ALL.

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Eric Smith
0
Eric Smith

Certainly can't have winter olympics without ice and snow!

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I don't want ICE at the Olympics

4 Comments
Steve Baumann
0
Steve Baumann

Not needed, SOP will be fine.

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Dale Muckerman
0
Dale Muckerman

Waste of money and bad image for America

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Fred
0
Fred

I don't want ICE anywhere!

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Max
Max

Max It's not about what you want, it's about what is best for our nation.

Elaine Ditto
0
Elaine Ditto

Right now ICE brings fear and anger and there is no place for them at the Olympics.

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Max
Max

ICE is keeping America safe.

Max
Max

ICE brings comfort and safety to me.

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