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Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog - The death penalty could absolutely save money and be a strong deterrent if the penalty was carried out shortly after conviction instead of keeping them on death row for decades while they file endless appeals. Executing someone is cheap and obviously more cost efficient than providing them meals and housing for their entire life. All you’re doing here is making an argument for carrying out the death penalty more quickly and efficiently. And I agree.
You also aren’t addressing the number one reason for the death penalty, which has nothing to do with cost or even deterrence. The primary reason is justice. Justice is giving to a person what they are due. A man who brutally murders a young girl is due the ultimate penalty. We should execute child killers because execution is the most proper and right and just response to such a crime.
Keeping such a person alive and forcing society to feed and house and clothe them until their natural death is unjust, improper. He deserves to die. Even you admit this. And so he should. It’s really that simple.
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Fr Matthew P. Schneider, LC @FrMatthewLC
The question is not whether he deserves execution (he does), but whether we should execute him (we shouldn't).
In the USA, executing people does not reduce crime, protect people (at least if incarcerated in more protective prisons), or save money compared to long term imprisonment.
Executing people hardens us as a society to others. All systems of capital punishment there are systems to protect the executioner from the deed, showing the recognition of how such acts are bad for them as human beings, even when they agree in principle it's moral.
In the US, the evidence & ethics are against having any executions.
https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2052020163877245264

Matthew Modine @MatthewModine - My uncle, Captain Wylder Modine, was a real B-17 "Flying Fortress" pilot during WWII. After returning from a bombing mission, he got hit by anti-aircraft fire and almost had his right arm taken off. He had his crew bail, but his co-pilot was shot up really bad and couldn’t parachute, so my uncle, with one arm, landed the heavily damaged B-17 in a field behind enemy lines. He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart. I talked with him before making MEMPHIS BELLE in 1989. He gave me his dress uniform to wear in the film and said, “when you put that on, don't disrespect it.”
https://x.com/MatthewModine/status/2051781295542267949

Megan Basham @megbasham - One of the very cool developments of my life has been getting to know Stephen. I had heard the great Maha Rushie mention him so many times on his show over the years, describing his talent as a classical composer and concert pianist.
Stephen is not only incredibly talented, he’s a patriot’s patriot (as one would expect for a Limbaugh!) He has composed a symphony tribute to this great nation that will last through the ages. And its past time for the Right to claim the mantle of the creative arts.
These are things that tell the story of our history. These are the things that future generations remember.
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Stephen Limbaugh @StephenLimbaugh
I'm almost finished writing my symphony for America's 250th.
I need your help to get it recorded by a live orchestra.
Raised so far: $28,000.
I need a minimum of $75,000.
Donate at
https://www.givesendgo.com/a250symphony
https://x.com/megbasham/status/2051738053908021437
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