My Scandal My political view on the death penalty has recently got me into a scandal. It was written that I said that if someone kills another person, that they will be put to death in whatever way they killed that person. Someone pointed out to me that if the accused had committed cannibalism, would they be eaten too? While this was not my intention, there has appeared to be a mistype, and the media has received this to be true. The media writes, "Your candidate’s death penalty policy violates the “cruel and unusual punishment” clause of the 8th amendment, particularly if the accused is a cannibal.". This is not true, I would never want to use "cruel and unusual punishment", but the fault is mine.
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"I want everyone to know that I do not want any harm to come to people of the United States, as I see us all as family. I do believe that discipline is important and necessary, but suffering is not."
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"On this date I, Penny Gleason, am releasing a statement to apologize for the incident which caused so many people to become wary of me. My death penalty policy breached the boundaries of the eighth amendment, on cruel and unusual punishment. This is because my policy had been changed by an unknown other to state a punishment that goes along with my ideals, although changed to become a more hostile view than that which I call my own.
"After being alerted to this incident I have been making preparations to change the death penalty policy back to the one that I had originally planned. I want everyone to know that I do not want any harm to come to people of the United States, as I see us all as family. I do believe that discipline is important and necessary, but suffering is not. Therefore the changes to this policy will be made as soon as possible. "I have already demonstrated a weakness to you, and while it is unfortunate, I believe it stands to reason that I am only human too, and I make mistakes just the same as anyone else. But despite my misstep I would still like to request that you trust me, and I will do my utmost best to deal with any issues that come our way in the most efficient and safe way possible. I apologize for this dilemma, and I did not mean to cause any panic among any of our citizens. I will continue to do my best to protect and support the great people in our family." |