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/ The Progressive Pulse is a blog about the issues, debates, and people that affect North Carolina public policy. As with the organization that sponsors it, NC Policy Watch, its ultimate objective is to improve the quality of life in the state, in this case by promoting the development of an informed, energetic and progressive online community. The Progressive Pulse welcomes the contributions of interested people of all points of view provided they are of a reasonable length, have some relevance to issues of North Carolina public policy and abide by the common rules of online etiquette (i.e., please avoid inappropriate language and show a measure of respect for others --even the John Locke Foundation). To post a comment, simply click the comment line then provide your name and email. Your email address will not be collected or shared. If you would like to be contributing writer, please send your post to info@ncpolicywatch.com with 'blog' in the subject line. If the post meets with our criteria (has a progressive perspective and is relative to our state), we will publish it. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:34:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/04/americas-silent-war-gao-investigates-287g-immigration-policies/comment-page-1/#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-page-1/#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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