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Woodkid wrote My reasons for opposing the death penalty are that innocent people have been executed in the past.
It costs less to imprison a person for life than it does to execute them.
It doesn't work as a preventative for other murders.
It's hypocritical.


1. He isn't innocent.
2. That's true.
3. How do you figure that? If he isn't alive to kill anyone else, I'd say it has prevented him from killing again.
4. Is taking a kidnapper away from his family and locking him in a cage for the rest of his life hypocritical too?
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Here is a pretty good article on Routh
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His conviction was inevitable, if you didn't see this coming the you weren't paying attention.

The chances of him being found not guilty by reasons of insanity or just flat out not guilty were almost non existent with a Texas jury.


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Wife wrote I would have gave him the death penalty if it was me.


Killing a Killer only means that they won.
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Woodkid wrote I don't know too much about Chad Littlefield so I can't judge him, but Chris Kyle lived violence.
Does this make his death any less tragic? No. But people who are calling for the death penalty are forgetting that Chris Kyle himself killed, according to him, 225 people.

Now I'm not saying you're stupid if you believe that every single one of those kills was justified, but you are definitely gullible and are blinded by patriotic nonsense.

Chris Kyle lied multiple times about a variety of different things, he said he enjoyed his time on tours, and that he wishes they were allowed to 'Kill anyone with a Quran.'
Believing that he killed no innocent people, after knowing that he said things like this, is , to me, ludicrous.

Also, I've seen the argument made that even if he did kill innocent people he was just doing his job and made split second decisions. If this is the case, and it's all right because it's all part of war, why has he never admitted that possibility? Any time he has been asked if he killed any innocent people in interviews, he never once gave a straight answer, always deflecting to another subject.

As far as I'm concerned he used death, war, and misery to become a celebrity.
There's nothing heroic about it. A sniper should do his duty, come home, and get back to living his life. Not gloat about how many people he's killed and lie about shooting looters or car thieves, and lie about having a fight with Jesse Ventura.

A real hero doesn't seek recognition for their deeds.

So, I'm not going to break down crying and calling for the death penalty for his killer.
It's a silly revenge based and hypocritical desire born out of emotion and the patriotic propaganda pushed through America that Chris Kyle was a hero.


what?! How does Chris Kyle's life have ANYTHING to do with being murdered?! Someone he was trying to help murdered him and his friend, and that guy is getting a life sentenced for revenge? I hate this **** planet, someone send me to Pluto since man kind is already going to the moon and mars. I can't believe people like this.
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Is it just me, or does every news story that involves someone being ruled as guilty, like, half of the people here scream death penalty.

Let him suffer.
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Well this coward got what he deserved.
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xMercii wrote
Woodkid wrote I don't know too much about Chad Littlefield so I can't judge him, but Chris Kyle lived violence.
Does this make his death any less tragic? No. But people who are calling for the death penalty are forgetting that Chris Kyle himself killed, according to him, 225 people.

Now I'm not saying you're stupid if you believe that every single one of those kills was justified, but you are definitely gullible and are blinded by patriotic nonsense.

Chris Kyle lied multiple times about a variety of different things, he said he enjoyed his time on tours, and that he wishes they were allowed to 'Kill anyone with a Quran.'
Believing that he killed no innocent people, after knowing that he said things like this, is , to me, ludicrous.

Also, I've seen the argument made that even if he did kill innocent people he was just doing his job and made split second decisions. If this is the case, and it's all right because it's all part of war, why has he never admitted that possibility? Any time he has been asked if he killed any innocent people in interviews, he never once gave a straight answer, always deflecting to another subject.

As far as I'm concerned he used death, war, and misery to become a celebrity.
There's nothing heroic about it. A sniper should do his duty, come home, and get back to living his life. Not gloat about how many people he's killed and lie about shooting looters or car thieves, and lie about having a fight with Jesse Ventura.

A real hero doesn't seek recognition for their deeds.

So, I'm not going to break down crying and calling for the death penalty for his killer.
It's a silly revenge based and hypocritical desire born out of emotion and the patriotic propaganda pushed through America that Chris Kyle was a hero.


what?! How does Chris Kyle's life have ANYTHING to do with being murdered?! Someone he was trying to help murdered him and his friend, and that guy is getting a life sentenced for revenge? I hate this **** planet, someone send me to Pluto since man kind is already going to the moon and mars. I can't believe people like this.


"Does this make his death any less tragic? No."
"I'm not going to break down crying and calling for the death penalty for his killer."

I didn't say he shouldn't be imprisoned, I said he shouldn't be executed.
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Lavish wrote
Woodkid wrote My reasons for opposing the death penalty are that innocent people have been executed in the past.
It costs less to imprison a person for life than it does to execute them.
It doesn't work as a preventative for other murders.
It's hypocritical.


1. He isn't innocent.
2. That's true.
3. How do you figure that? If he isn't alive to kill anyone else, I'd say it has prevented him from killing again.
4. Is taking a kidnapper away from his family and locking him in a cage for the rest of his life hypocritical too?


My point about innocence was that if you have the death penalty legal then you are bound to kill some innocent people.
My point about it not working as a preventative is the death penalty being legal doesn't make people commit less murders, it's not a good deterrent.
The kidnapper thing is a good point, but because there aren't any alternative punishments, while it is hypocritical, I don't mind it personally.
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just kill him for god sake
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Serj wrote
Lavish wrote
Woodkid wrote My reasons for opposing the death penalty are that innocent people have been executed in the past.
It costs less to imprison a person for life than it does to execute them.
It doesn't work as a preventative for other murders.
It's hypocritical.


1. He isn't innocent.
2. That's true.
3. How do you figure that? If he isn't alive to kill anyone else, I'd say it has prevented him from killing again.
4. Is taking a kidnapper away from his family and locking him in a cage for the rest of his life hypocritical too?


My point about innocence was that if you have the death penalty legal then you are bound to kill some innocent people.
My point about it not working as a preventative is the death penalty being legal doesn't make people commit less murders, it's not a good deterrent.
The kidnapper thing is a good point, but because there aren't any alternative punishments, while it is hypocritical, I don't mind it personally.


Does this mean you are against any type of war? Because war involves killing innocent people, also, innocent people get convicted of something they did not do everyday. Its our justice system. No matter how much we improve it, it will never be perfect. Nothing in this world is perfect.
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