Easy solution for that. On the same network broadcast prior to the execution show photographs of the bodies of the murderer’s victims and explain in detail how they were murdered. I bet support for the death penalty would skyrocket!

For any issue it’s ALWAYS important to tell (or show) BOTH sides to the story. Otherwise it becomes nothing more than propoganda.

Murderers like Dekraai should meet the same fate as those they murdered. What’s fair is fair.

LOL NOW the Duncey is a 6th A. expert!

You go girl! LOL

It most certainly is. This is a discussion about the death penalty.

“It is about fixing our system so that thousands of people who are unnecessarily jailed for minor crimes are moved out of prison.”

I totally agree. But it’s got nothing to do with the death penalty. Oh, and I don’t read Gingrich op-eds. I’m old enough to remember what a scam artist and political hypocrite he was while in office. His wife was dying of cancer while he was doing floosies on the side, then he had the nerve to talk ‘family values’. I can’t stand the guy. Why would I care about what he thinks, let alone read his opinions?

We simply need to take cold-blooded murderers like Scott Dekraai and execute them within 3-5 years of conviction. Simple. That would save many millions of dollars. There is NO DOUBT WHATSOEVER that Dekraai murdered EIGHT innocent people. Why let him live? Let him have ONE appeal then kill him, preferrably the same way he murdered his victims. And if they showed it on pay-TV I’d watch it too. Dekraai is a scumbag and doesn’t deserve to have a pulse.

You are talking PRISON REFORM. Not DEATH PENALTY REFORM. Stay on topic. The article is about the death penalty. Most of us are for PRISON REFORM. Haven’t you heard about AB 109? They are letting inmates out way before their sentence is up. Isn’t that what you want? Would you still be for prison reform if an ex-convict hurt or murdered a loved one of yours? Just curious?

Obviously, you didn’t read Gingrich’s op-ed. This is NOT about whether Scott Dekraai should be executed. It is about fixing our system so that thousands of people who are unnecessarily jailed for minor crimes are moved out of prison. THAT will save taxpayers billions of dollars.

When I speak of the Vengeance Lobby, I speak of those whose default position is always incarceration. You know, those whose answer to everything is “lock em up and throw away the key.” No rehabilitation, no parole, no forgiveness. And, whenever possible, execute them. Whenever someone tries to reform the system so not everyone is locked away to rot, the Vengeance Lobby accuses them of being soft on crime. You know, left-wing Socialists like Newt Gingrich.

And we won’t even talk about all the people who have been on death row for years but are ultimately exonerated due to new DNA evidence and such. I guess we should have just gone ahead and executed them anyway and then said “ooops.” SMH

How is keeping dirtbag murderers like Scott Dekraai (who murdered 8 people in cold blood) housed in prison with free food, free medical care, free books, free TV, free conjugal visits (if he can find a willing partner)for 30 years or more saving us money? We just need to reform the death penalty law so that we execute dirtbags like Dekraii within 5 years of his conviction. There is NO DOUBT that Dekraai murdered 8 people! HE CONFESSED TO IT AND WAS CAPTURED RIGHT AFTER THE MURDERS WITH THE SMOKING GUN!!!!

Why not have some compassion for the family of the victims!!! For the small children who lost their moms and dads???

I bet you supported our military going into Afghanistan to kill Bin Laden and the terrorists involved in the destruction of the World Trade Centers and the murder of 3000 people, weren’t you? That’s vengeance, isn’t it? At that time did you claim that the “Vengeance Lobby” was behind our troops hunting down the terrorists??

Yet you oppose executing cold-blooded murderers like Dekraai?

Your argument makes no sense to me. None at all.

Donk, just curious. You’ve heard about the mass murderer Scott Dekraii who murdered 8 people during a shooting in Orange County, right?

Do you really think he deserves the right to exist in this world after what he did? To eat, to watch tv, to read, to exercise, to socialize, or engage in any other little pleasure in life? Imagine the pain Dekraii caused to all the family members of the desceased victims, who were in NO WAY connected to the problems that he had with his ex-wife – to include small children who lost their moms and dads forever.

There is NO DOUBT that Dekraii committed those incredibly senseless murders. He was captured minutes afterwards and confessed to it. Do you think he deserves to live?