Very few death sentences are handed down compared to years ago and most are never carried out due to the ridiculous appeals process and commuting to life w/o parole.
Charlie Manson should have been pushing daisies long ago but CA. has flopped back & forth and never re-instated his original sentence.
With today's technology and DNA evidence, it's hard to argue that people have been unjustly convicted by 12 of their peers.
In those cases, justice should be swift & inexpensive.
Blindfold ........ $1.99
Rope ............. $2.49
3 rounds ....... $2.29
Elimination of a repeat offender ........ priceless.
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Australia has been without it for yonks.
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Now answer my question---How many people were murdered and there killers still alive?
-I will admit I could not be that forgivving, I would hunt that bastard down and blow his head off if I had the chance
One reason I love Florida so much is because when I left New York and moved here, it was refreshing to see that Florida was one of the first 4 states to bring back the death penalty. The message Florida sent to me is "We care about our crime victims," unlike liberal New York who cares more about criminal rights.
Don't mess with Florida!
Thankfully we have appeals processes to it, but there are several flaws. For one, the current appeals processes make capital punishment more expensive than life imprisonment. Then we also have the problem of documented cases of prosecutors and judges throwing innocent people on death row - mostly for pride.
End of discussion.
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Charlie Manson should have been pushing daisies long ago but CA. has flopped back & forth and never re-instated his original sentence.
With today's technology and DNA evidence, it's hard to argue that people have been unjustly convicted by 12 of their peers.
In those cases, justice should be swift & inexpensive.
Blindfold ........ $1.99
Rope ............. $2.49
3 rounds ....... $2.29
Elimination of a repeat offender ........ priceless.
Blessings Upon You
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I get all the bleeding heart excuses about the handful of people unjustly put to death vs the 1,000's who walked, were repeat offenders, and went on to destroy 10,000's of other's lives.
There is no comparison between the two statistics ..... none.
And you're still missing the point about swift & inexpensive. Manson never should have been breathing by the time CA. flip-flopped the first time.
As for swift justice, appeals exist for the sake of the innocent not for the sake of the guilty. I'm not willing to give up any available appeals simply because someday it could be me or one of my sons or my wife or my mother etc. who is walking down the wrong street someday and misidentified.
Do you have children? If you do which of them are you willing to have sacrificed for the sake of swifter justice?
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You cannot cite ONE case since DNA testing was applied, compounded with a trial & conviction by unanimous verdict, where someone has been unduly sentenced to death, much less the sentence carried out. ONE, just ONE.
You're attempting to use an ancient argument to justify the current state of affairs.
Sorry.... that kind of BS doesn't fly with me.
Never mind.... *poof*
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