Comments on: America’s Silent War – GAO Investigates 287g Immigration Policies http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/04/americas-silent-war-gao-investigates-287g-immigration-policies/ Affecting NC public policy through informed, energetic and progressive conversations. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/04/americas-silent-war-gao-investigates-287g-immigration-policies/#comment-39663 Mike Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:47:23 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3935#comment-39663 If someone is in this country illegally then they should be deported - felony or not. What part of illegal do the bleeding heart liberals not get? It's pretty straightforward. If someone is in this country illegally then they should be deported – felony or not.

What part of illegal do the bleeding heart liberals not get? It’s pretty straightforward.

]]> By: Eugene Barufkin http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/04/americas-silent-war-gao-investigates-287g-immigration-policies/#comment-32076 Eugene Barufkin Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:50:09 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3935#comment-32076 This should be attached, so I will do it. March 4, 2009 Top of the morning by Chris Fitzsimon Support for capital punishment is falling in North Carolina, according to the latest Elon University Poll. When asked “what is the most appropriate punishment for first degree murders,” 47.8 percent said the death penalty, 38.9 percent said life in prison without parole and 8.9 percent said it depended on the evidence. When Elon pollsters asked the same question in November of 2005, 61 percent said the death penalty was the approrpriate punishment. That’s a drop of 13.2 percent. Not suprisingly, when asked only if they favor the death penalty for first-degree murder, support rises to 58.3, but when asked only about life without parole as the punishment, 71.7 perccent say yes. Despite some media reports to the contrary, the public is also evenly divided about the current death penalty moratorium in place while the courts resolve the role of doctors at executions. 46.6 percent of people polled support the moratorium, while 44.7 people oppose it. This should be attached, so I will do it.

March 4, 2009
Top of the morning by Chris Fitzsimon

Support for capital punishment is falling in North Carolina, according to the latest Elon University Poll.

When asked “what is the most appropriate punishment for first degree murders,” 47.8 percent said the death penalty, 38.9 percent said life in prison without parole and 8.9 percent said it depended on the evidence.

When Elon pollsters asked the same question in November of 2005, 61 percent said the death penalty was the approrpriate punishment. That’s a drop of 13.2 percent.

Not suprisingly, when asked only if they favor the death penalty for first-degree murder, support rises to 58.3, but when asked only about life without parole as the punishment, 71.7 perccent say yes.

Despite some media reports to the contrary, the public is also evenly divided about the current death penalty moratorium in place while the courts resolve the role of doctors at executions.

46.6 percent of people polled support the moratorium, while 44.7 people oppose it.

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