Murder - SquareOffs

Are you concerned about the recent rise in murders in Yuma County?

Asked by 13 On Your Side

218 Votes

Are you concerned about the recent rise in murders in Yuma County?

79%

Yes Yes

21%

No No

79%

Yes

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21%

No

1 Comment

Colleen Langewisch

Again .... known to each other; many involve gangs / drugs. I'm more concerned about failure to deal with rampant HARD drug sales / use.

Should cameras be barred from hearings in the Elledge murder case?

Asked by ABC 17 News

177 Votes

Should cameras be barred from hearings in the Elledge murder case?

42%

Yes Yes

58%

No No

42%

Yes

A judge barred cameras Friday from the courtroom for pretrial hearings in Joseph Elledge's murder case after his defense argued they could prejudice potential jurors.

A judge barred cameras Friday from the courtroom for pretrial hearings in Joseph Elledge's murder case after his defense argued they could prejudice potential jurors. Show Less

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Max

There should be no distractions. He needs a fair and unbiased trial, then found guilty.

58%

No

Mid-Missouri media have extensively covered the investigation, including the search for the body of Mengqi Ji, Elledge's wife. Transparency advocates argue the public should be ... Show More

Mid-Missouri media have extensively covered the investigation, including the search for the body of Mengqi Ji, Elledge's wife. Transparency advocates argue the public should be able to see what happens in court. Show Less

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Asked by ABC 17 News

418 Votes

Do you support the death penalty?

76%

Yes Yes

24%

No No

76%

Yes

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it would not halt the Oct. 5 execution of Ernest Lee Johnson. Johnson was convicted of killing three people at a Columbia gas station.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it would not halt the Oct. 5 execution of Ernest Lee Johnson. Johnson was convicted of killing three people at a Columbia gas station. Show Less

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Max

People who shoot girls in Central Columbia will someday likely be on death row, if not stopped by a good Policeman.

Jen

Some people are not capable of changing and their predilections affect too many other lives. The world is better off without them.

Donna Welborn-Dicus

Life in prison has proved NOT to be a deterrent. Death penalty is.

Matt Goodsell

Romans 13:4, For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer (Sword refers to the govt’s authority to punish rebels, even by death)

Steve TheBmann

Fred Jones was a kind man. Anyone who would kill him, and the others, in the manner that was done, deserves the full punishment of the law, without exception. Public hanging would be acceptable.

Adam Schrader

These degenerates that stay on death row for decades using state money for clothing, food, medical care, housing, etc should be put to death within 180 days of sentencing. Save the state millions

24%

No

Anti-death penalty advocates have pressed for Johnson to be spared execution, saying he has a condition that could cause him extreme suffering during lethal injection.

Anti-death penalty advocates have pressed for Johnson to be spared execution, saying he has a condition that could cause him extreme suffering during lethal injection. Show Less

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Jah-IZ The Playlist

instead of funding the death penalty fund for an influx of therapist and psychologists and implement true rehab and make them do daily community work via supervision such as picking up litter or working in sanitation.

Christopher Watson

As long as we find one false convition in a thousand, we should halt this Barbaric behavior! Set the Example, not the standard of "If you hurt me, I hurt you!" and Don't give me the Bible says "An eye for an eye", that was before the dispossion of Grace given by Jesus Christ. Time to move forward.

Donna Welborn-Dicus

Has that worked in the past? NO. Now we have prisons full of 'vacationing' murderers, getting 3 meals a day & cable & internet.

Max

Stupid decisions do cause unfair loss of life. We just lost 13 fine Americans because of a stupid decision. So we must be careful, but with capital punishment there are no repeat offenders.

Murder SquareOffs

Are you concerned about the recent rise in murders in Yuma County?

79% Yes Yes

21% No No

79% Yes

21% No

Should cameras be barred from hearings in the Elledge murder case?

42% Yes Yes

58% No No

42% Yes

58% No