Justice Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 About four years. He filed three or four appeals, then realized he was facing life without parole if he won...so really, he was just appealing about timing, so why not get it over with... That's relatively fast, ain't it?
DC Tom Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 That's relatively fast, ain't it? Yeah, that's very fast in the US. Charles Ng - one seriously warped mother!@#$er who deserves execution more than damn near anyone, including Tsarnaev - has been on death row in California since 1999. Richard Ramirez was on death row for 23 years (his first round of appeals took 17 years) before he died of "not being executed." CA's an outlier, though, since their method of execution seems to be "old age." But...yeah, four years is quick.
Justice Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 @3rd and DC: Thanks for the reply. That's what I thought. To everyone else: Life in prison isn't worse than death, IMO, because the afterlife for the wicked and evil is terrifying. Even before Judgement Day. What a life sentence does provide him though is the opportunity to repent, but it's gotta be genuinely from the heart and not because he regrets getting caught.
Nanker Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 About four years. He filed three or four appeals, then realized he was facing life without parole if he won...so really, he was just appealing about timing, so why not get it over with...
meazza Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 @3rd and DC: Thanks for the reply. That's what I thought. To everyone else: Life in prison isn't worse than death, IMO, because the afterlife for the wicked and evil is terrifying. Even before Judgement Day. What a life sentence does provide him though is the opportunity to repent, but it's gotta be genuinely from the heart and not because he regrets getting caught. Would be nice if that was really true.
IDBillzFan Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Would be nice if that was really true. You should hope it's not.
Justice Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 You should hope it's not. Why not? Do Christans or Jews for that matter not believe in punishment in the afterlife?
Rob's House Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Why not? Do Christans or Jews for that matter not believe in punishment in the afterlife? I find the whole concept of imposed suffering for the purpose of retribution to be too primitive and inately human to be attributable to an omniscient deity.
Justice Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 I find the whole concept of imposed suffering for the purpose of retribution to be too primitive and inately human to be attributable to an omniscient deity. Step back a few hundred years and try explaining the world of today to someone from that era. You think they'd believe you? I realize I'm comparing apples to oranges here but my point is just because it's hard to believe that doesn't mean it's not true.
DC Tom Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 @3rd and DC: Thanks for the reply. That's what I thought. To everyone else: Life in prison isn't worse than death, IMO, because the afterlife for the wicked and evil is terrifying. Even before Judgement Day. What a life sentence does provide him though is the opportunity to repent, but it's gotta be genuinely from the heart and not because he regrets getting caught. Not my problem. I have no empirical knowledge of the next world, so I only concern myself with this one.
Rob's House Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Why? Because Canadians go to hell. Oh wait, that's in this life. Never mind.
Deranged Rhino Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Because Canadians go to hell. Oh wait, that's in this life. Never mind.
meazza Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Because Canadians go to hell. Oh wait, that's in this life. Never mind. Is that the trade off for health care and cheap education?
IDBillzFan Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Why? The fact that you hope it would be true tells us you don't believe it's true, which probably makes sense because if there is a terrifying afterlife for the wicked and evil, it only stands to reason that it was created by a supernatural force. And since it would have a creator that is a supernatural force, it's pretty likely that creator is also judge and jury. Since you don't believe in that creator, you'd naturally have no idea what the price of admission is to spend eternity in a terrifying afterlife. In which case, it likewise stands to reason that NOT believing in the creator may be reason enough to punch your ticket to a terrifying afterlife. In which case, as I mentioned, you better hope it doesn't exist.
meazza Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 The fact that you hope it would be true tells us you don't believe it's true, which probably makes sense because if there is a terrifying afterlife for the wicked and evil, it only stands to reason that it was created by a supernatural force. And since it would have a creator that is a supernatural force, it's pretty likely that creator is also judge and jury. Since you don't believe in that creator, you'd naturally have no idea what the price of admission is to spend eternity in a terrifying afterlife. In which case, it likewise stands to reason that NOT believing in the creator may be reason enough to punch your ticket to a terrifying afterlife. In which case, as I mentioned, you better hope it doesn't exist. Interesting. You could go back to ragging on progressives because when you step out of that element you become a bigger retard than gatorman.
DC Tom Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Interesting. You could go back to ragging on progressives because when you step out of that element you become a bigger retard than gatorman. Why? All he did was state Pascal's Wager. Guess that cheap Canadian education was worth the price, eh?
Rob's House Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 The fact that you hope it would be true tells us you don't believe it's true, which probably makes sense because if there is a terrifying afterlife for the wicked and evil, it only stands to reason that it was created by a supernatural force. And since it would have a creator that is a supernatural force, it's pretty likely that creator is also judge and jury. Since you don't believe in that creator, you'd naturally have no idea what the price of admission is to spend eternity in a terrifying afterlife. In which case, it likewise stands to reason that NOT believing in the creator may be reason enough to punch your ticket to a terrifying afterlife. In which case, as I mentioned, you better hope it doesn't exist. Failure to believe in something for which little to no evidence exists seems an odd criteria to base a sentence of agony for eternity upon.
meazza Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Why? All he did was state Pascal's Wager. Guess that cheap Canadian education was worth the price, eh? I never said it was good.
DC Tom Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 I never said it was good. Of course it's not. They have to dumb it down for the Quebecois.
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