Crime - SquareOffs

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.

Are you worried about crime in downtown Columbia?

Asked by ABC 17 News

285 Votes

Are you worried about crime in downtown Columbia?

78%

Yes Yes

22%

No No

78%

Yes

Columbia police were sent downtown this weekend for shots being fired after two people were hit by bullets last weekend.

Columbia police were sent downtown this weekend for shots being fired after two people were hit by bullets last weekend. Show Less

3 Comments

Aven Bange

There seems to be a large increase in crime in Columbia in the last several years and seems to be getting worse. The one crime that seems to be increasing the most is gun violence and shootings.

Kevin Blount

I trust CPD, but the closeness of shootings to the police headquarters is alarming, as it shows the brazenness of our local criminals. Looking forward to more lights downtown.

Laura Davidson

Not just downtown Columbia. Columbia as a whole. But people won't give info to CPD, and it's going to keep happening.

22%

No

Despite the high-profile gunplay downtown, such incidents remain relatively rare downtown. But some would argue any gunfire is too much.

Despite the high-profile gunplay downtown, such incidents remain relatively rare downtown. But some would argue any gunfire is too much. Show Less

1 Comment

If found a death note and a shinigami showed up would you use the note book?

Asked by xboxanime 🇨🇦

812 Votes

If found a death note and a shinigami showed up would you use the note book?

66%

Yes I would use Yes I would use

34%

No thank u and give it back to shinigami No thank u and give it back to shinigami

66%

Yes I would use

4 Comments

Smitty Mcdonald

I wouldn't write in it myself obviously I want an afterlife. I would simply give it to some idiot while wearing a mask and pull the strings from the background.

Baku noir

Um I hope the fbi don’t have this app lol

Insanidy

Definitely would use it some people in the world just gotta go ya know.

Emo Saiki

I’ve got a few people that need to go *cough* my English teacher *cough* then I’d prob give it back

xboxanime 🇨🇦

lol Thank you so much for your comments and voting

34%

No thank u and give it back to shinigami

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Crime SquareOffs

Should the state execute Ernest Lee Johnson?

80% Yes Yes

20% No No

80% Yes

20% No

Are you worried about crime in downtown Columbia?

78% Yes Yes

22% No No

78% Yes

22% No