Earlier today the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that political-speech rights for corporations are equal to First Amendment rights for individuals. This ruling undercuts campaign finance laws, and now allows corporations to have the ability to corrupt our elected representatives to no end.
Under Federal law individuals can be executed for:
-Murder related to the smuggling of aliens.
-Death resulting from offenses involving transportation of explosives, destruction of government property, or destruction of property related to foreign or interstate commerce.
-First-degree murder.
-Murder involved in a racketeering offense.
-Bank-robbery-related murder or kidnapping.
-Murder related to a continuing criminal enterprise or related murder of a Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer.
So since corporations have all the RIGHTS of persons, then shouldn't they also have the same RESPONSIBILITIES of persons?
This is why I support the death penalty for corporations. If any corporation acts in a manner that results in the death of any American citizen, if any corporation defrauds millions of people of their money, then by law we should execute such a company by revoking their corporate charter and dissolving the assets of said company.
Corporations have plenty of rights. But no morals. Let's give them one by way of lethal injection.
I actually think I could agree with this one. But, to be fair, we gotta get government out of their inner business. If we do that, and they screw the public, then let's line them up and give em the needle.
...then I would be all in favor of getting out of their personal business. I'd be fine with deregulating everything, so long as if they caused harm, we could kill them.
Willy, on this, we are in complete agreement.
Actually, the basic problem is that money does NOT equal speech. Money equals unabashed bribery. Many of these corporations don't even bother to pretend to have a real political agenda. They write a check to both sides. That isn't speech, its bribery.
Causing death is not murder. All the things you mentioned are murder, and in most jurisdiction are first degree murder. (E.g. robbery or kidnap, triggers felony murder, which is first degree.)
And you are wrong. Murder in a racketeering offense per say does not trigger death penalty. SOME racketeering offenses may, but the blanket statement that murder in a racketeering offense triggers death penaly is too broad to be correct.)
Same thing with "a continuing criminal enterprise" and mere destruction of property related to interstate commerce. Too broad.
In most states even second degree murder, much less various forms of manslaughter, are not capital offenses.
Okay, support death penalty for murder, and include corporations. Now, let's find one that has been convicted of murder. Even in left leaning states like NY, CA, or even MA (oooopsie), no DA in the most liberal city has ever tried to convict a corporation for first degree murder.
Just in case you are not serious, your post was not good satire. Too close to the views of many lefties to be taken with the appropriate pound of salt.
Silly Willie.
marks around his list to show he was referring to "rackeetering offenses" as a term of art, he would be correct.
You would be correct as to state offenses.
Even with "racketeering offenses," under any meaning, a murder occuring during a "racketeering offense" does not per se trigger death penalty. (I am excluding murder as the underlying offense, since that would be redundant - a murder occuring during a murder.)
18 U.S.C. 1959. Violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity
(a) Whoever, as consideration for the receipt of, or as consideration for a promise or agreement to pay, anything of pecuniary value from an enterprise engaged in racketeering activity, or for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining or increasing position in an enterprise engaged
in racketeering activity, murders, kidnaps, maims, assaults with a dangerous weapon, commits assault resulting in serious bodily injury upon, or threatens to commit a crime of violence against any individual in violation of the laws of any State or the United States, or attempts or conspires so to do, shall be punished
(1) for murder, by death...
First, good research.
Second, I misunderstood. From the context of talking about robbery, kidnap, etc, I was thought he meant murders that occur as a result of the felony murder rule. I.e., a possible "accidental" killing in a robbery.
As a result, when he was talking about murder in a racketeering activity, I was interpeting that as a felony murder type event.
This would appear to be a murder, per se.
WIth that said, I repeat: "good research."
Somebody piss you off today? Based on your post, a company like Gilead Sciences, which makes the H1N1 vaccine, should be dissolved if one person has a reaction which causes his or her death.
You make it seem like politicians are only poor victims of the corrupt corporation. Then you need to extend your argument to just about every government official.
Either go back to work or get laid. Your daily ranting about everything in life is just getting old.
He's been stifled his whole life..I would wager he has a boss that breathes down his neck and I don't mean in a nice way..lol
He claims to be in his thirties and admits he has never dated a Black lady out of respect for his Moms racism..
The dude is sick and with some help he might get well..so lets lighten up ..