{"id":31974,"date":"2012-12-30T16:30:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T23:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/30\/colorado-looks-at-abolishing-the-death-penalty.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T15:46:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T22:46:02","slug":"colorado-looks-at-abolishing-the-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/30\/colorado-looks-at-abolishing-the-death-penalty.html","title":{"rendered":"Colorado looks at abolishing the death penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;m fine with putting it before the voters, vs. the legeslature. Let&#39;s make it a public debate. Not only is capital punishment&#39;s goal of personal and societal vengeance not worthy of civilized (or, for those who claim to be, godly) people, it&#39;s frightfully costly and even more frightfully prone to error.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images2-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/extras.mnginteractive.com\/live\/media\/site36\/2012\/0329\/20120329__statecapitol~p1.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/news\/ci_22281760\/rep-fields-wants-colorado-voters-decide-death-penalty'>Rep. Fields wants Colorado voters to decide death penalty question<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA lawmaker who saw her son\u001bs killers sentenced to die says Colorado voters \u2014 and not 100 lawmakers under the state Capitol\u001bs golden dome \u2014 should decide whether to abolish the death penalty.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/1NmDMuSbH9h' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;m fine with putting it before the voters, vs. the legeslature. Let&#39;s make it a public debate. Not only is capital punishment&#39;s goal of personal and societal vengeance not worthy of civilized (or, for those who claim to be, godly) people, it&#39;s frightfully costly and even more frightfully prone to error. Embedded Link Rep. 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