Daniel Lewis Lee execution, yea or nay?

I loved him in There Will be Blood.

Against the death penalty. It doesn't solve anything. Lock them up for life, it's cheaper in the long run because of death penalty appeals costing so much in legal fees paid for by the state.

[R2], you might change your mind if he'd done this to a spouse, sibling, child, or parent of yours.

Nay. It's barbaric and wrong for a state to kill its own citizens.

Perhaps, R2, However I have seen many victims' families ask that the DP not be pursued. They are the smart ones who save themselves from a great deal more heartache and grief.

R3 The families left behind by the mass killer here in Norway want him locked up for life. So far not one single person has sad they want him murdered. Thank god I live in a civilized country where death penalty is banned so it's not an option anyway.

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Let's just say if the death penalty is legal he is the poster child. Bye Bye.

He should be fed into a meat grinder feet first.

He should be fed into a meat grinder feet first.

Murder is murder. Make him work to atone and pay back to society for the rest of his life. But thou shalt not kill.

Took forever. Next!

Just to be clear: the victim's family seems to be against the timing (Covid) of the execution, not against the death penalty in general. Family members would have to travel to be at the execution; there's not enough room to social distance in the execution area, etc.

Also, there's some dispute about the lack of uniformity of sentencing for others involved in the killing(s). I.e., I believe this guy is the only one who got the death penalty and he may not have been the ringleader.

I read an article about this.

He was white, so maybe he was really guilty? Who knows. If he were black or Hispanic I would say not good.

I feel incredibly sorry for the little girl and I’m anti death penalty. It is hard to get worked up about white supremacists offing each other though.

Agree, R15. Just looking at the picture of that girl ... I'm anti-death penalty, too. But I'm not shedding any tears over this guy & his "associates."

[quote] thou shalt not kill.

An eye for an eye.

I would be pro-death penalty if there was a way to prove guilt 100%. Otherwise, if there is even a sliver of doubt, I think it is unreasonable to execute someone

Yeah, put him in prison where he and his fellow psychopaths can terrorize, assault and kill other prisoners convicted of much less serious crimes. Their lives and safety are worthless, after all. Our pretend moral superiority is more important to us than they are.

I used to be anti death penalty, however, a good percentage of men is psycho and just absolutely worthless. Considering the damage they cause, more of them should be euthanized as early as possible.

[quote] a good percentage of men is psycho

Especially straight me.

I'm pro-life. I am anti-abortion and anti-death penalty.

Does he have “an” Onlyfans?

Even if, for the sake of argument, he does deserve to die, does that mean you, or anyone, has the right to kill?

Japan uses hanging and gives no warning.

South Korea also uses hanging.

Taiwan uses a gunshot to the heart or brain stem.

In America, we still can’t figure out how to do it efficiently. It’s an IQ issue.

Sorry correction: South Korea is an abolitionist country. They haven’t executed anyone since 1997.

Sucker!

How did he get executed? I thought white privilege protects people like this, and only innocent blacks are executed?

I will lose zero minutes of sleep over his execution.

Just in the last hour. Next!

Next: July 17, August 28

I'm strongly against the death penalty, but people like Daniel Lewis Lee make me wonder why I bother. When we run up against someone like him, opposition to the death people seems like getting hung up on a very abstract notion.

Still, it is clear that I strongly oppose 'capital punishment' and the 'death penalty.' But just killing this murderous S.O.B. to save ourselves, to ensure that everyone else is safer, to do it as a bit of self defense makes sense. But as a punishment? No. That's just ugly.

Plus, he has tattoos. Tattoos and playing loud music in public are both high on my personal list of capital crimes.

What exactly is the benefit in saving HIS life? If someone is absolutely guilty of something so heinous, they forfeit their life. Let him starve to death if you don't want legal injection. I don't feel "barbaric" wanting to see him dead.

R1 Oh, Jesus, I read the thread title as Daniel Day Lewis and almost crapped my pants!

R14 lives in a suburb and has never met a criminal before.

I used to be anti-death penalty because I thought wasting the rest of your life in prison is a more fitting punishment than getting out the easy way. But after seeing how comfortable some of these lifers are — personal TVs, three square meals, free education — I think if you broke the laws of nature like a wild animal, you need to be put down like an animal.

Why do serial killers and Broadway performers always have three names?

He had such an old timely criminal name.

I think this whole thing is financial. It costs an insane amount of money to house death row inmates. Those resources need to go somewhere else because of COVID.

Actors get three names because the unions only allow a name to be used once. Now that Actors' Equity is over 100 years old, lots of names have been taken. Actors are stuck with changing their names entirely, or plugging in a middle name.

He should get some Botox before the execution.

I want prison reform in particular with drug related “crime” to massively decrease the incarcerated. And those who merit long term or life sentences- get them. No capital punishment: life in prison without parole for vicious crimes. They can think about what they did for life and meanwhile we will join the civilized world and not do “legal” murder.

Is he a new Nazis? What’s up with the tattoo?

Neo-Nazi. Damned autocorrect.

Why is it that serial killers always seem to have three names, and that at least one of the names is either “Lee” or “Wayne”?

“The New Nazis” was a sitcom that premiered in 1986.

“Lee” is a strange last name in general for someone who isn’t ching chong.

I’m anti-death penalty, though I don’t the world is any less without this guy’s presence (it’s an opposition about what the death penalty does to dehumanize us), i’m More upset about Barr’s eagerness to have the man with advanced Alzheimer’s executed. That is just cruel to someone who, whatever his heinous acts, is already in an awful existence.

Dustin Lee Honken is next, he shot and killed 5, 2 men, 1 woman and her 10 and 6 years old daughters.

[quote]“Lee” is a strange last name in general for someone who isn’t ching chong.

Yes, in GENERAL, LEE isn't a common white name...

I think they death penalty is wrong as a matter of principle. Many of the people who get it deserve it. Which doesn't mean it should be a part of justice. It shouldn't. If one person was put to death wrongly, that's ten too many. What is the greatest punishment: knowing nothing or living with it until you die, caged?

Thank u, next.

[quote]No capital punishment: life in prison without parole for vicious crimes. They can think about what they did for life....

So, take all these sociopathic and violent criminals and lock them up together forever. And you think they will spend the rest of their lives contemplating their past bad acts? You can't possibly be serious.

Life without parole and state penitentiary means they will all be in there killing, beating, threatening, raping one another. Your idea makes me feel better about state-sponsored execution. At least it gets it over quickly. Don't consign them for the rest of their days to the most dangerous hell on earth.

i'm not a fan of the death penalty, but actually for him, I don't care. Changing as I get older.

So much stupidity in this thread.

What bothers me most about this is that what we are seeing this week is Bill Barr very effectively creating a campaign issue for Dump. Lee was killed this week. Wesley Purkey got put down yesterday. And another one is scheduled for Friday.

If you vote for Trump, you can have the death penalty for federal crimes. If you vote Biden, you will not.

That will be a powerful reason to vote for Fatso for many, many, people.

Think of Carl Panzram. Now, there was a man for whom the death penalty was designed for. Some people, should not be allowed to live. Maybe this Lee person was one.