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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s right and fair. Sentences in the US are far too long. For someone lacking the intent to take a life, we should have short sentences. We should also have more 10-20 year sentences for intentional murders. [/quote]

Drinking and driving is intentional murder.  Drunk drivers who cause accidents where someone died should also be given the death penalty.  Other than self defense all intentional murderers should be given death penalty with no right of appeal and sentence to be carried out within 72 hours of sentencing.  Harsh?  Yes, even draconian.  Murderers deserve no mercy.

Police who murder for fun as in Trey Nichols. George Floyd, Breanna deserve no trial and should face a firing squad immediately.[/quote]

No, you derp, it's unintentional. Look, if you get drunk, decide you're gonna run over your nemesis in Accounting, drive to her house, find her outside, and run her over, THAT'S intentional murder. But the fact that you were drunk is the least of it.

Also, most educated people don't believe in the death penalty. [/quote]

DP here. Not gonna argue the death penalty should apply. But it’s the drinking and driving part that is intentional (unless someone is secretly plied with alcohol without knowing it). But if you intend to drink and drive, then you have committed a crime. Many crimes are then punished based on the severity of the outcome. So if you punch someone and they live your sentence is lighter than if you punch someone and they die. Doesn’t matter if the death from the DUI was intended so long as they intended to drink alcohol and drive. Once the crime is done, pay for the consequences.[/quote]

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