Posted on 07/20/2014 6:06:40 AM PDT by Kaslin
“What a load of horse crap”
Exactly, we need to purge our whole legal system of the “RIghtWardHos” of this country. Absolute limits need to be placed on “appeals” of capital cases, and severely restrict what judges can do to subvert the process. The fact that convicted killers are more likely to die of old age than execution is the ultimate perversion or our “legal system.” And as was pointed out by another poster, again we find that the Congress is the guilty party.
We had a guy finally executed last year after 22 years on death row for raping and murdering a 9 year old girl. He had TWO trials..a second after some minor flaws were found in his first. He was found guilty in the second trial and was again given the death penalty. He demanded and got DNA testing which he said would exonerate him...it didn’t and his semen was conclusively found in the girls body. Even then his appeals went on for years until finally being exhausted after 22 years. There was no doubt he committed the rape and murder and richly deserved the death penalty.
yet another example where liberals are winning with trickery. They know the public wants the death penalty, so since they can’t outright abolish it, They make it so it takes 20 years to execute someone (justice delayed is justice denied). Now look for a rash of their idiot judges following in this idiot’s footsteps.
There should be procedural appeals only. No automatic appeal or any other kind.
I won’t argue your points - but as a devout Catholic I disagree or at least question them, but what about those who hurt/maim/kill other inmates and guards? What about those who somehow how later get paroled(rare but it does happen)?
“There should be procedural appeals only. No automatic appeal or any other kind.”
All of this is an outgrowth of making lawyers into judges. You know the old saying: “What do you call an unsuccessful trial lawyer? Ans: Your honor.” We have lost sight of the goals of a justice system
Congress has the authority to limit the jurisdiction of the federal courts, so in effect judges would be prohibited from nit picking the means of execution before the fact, at least on c&u grounds.
Many of the problems with lethal injection are caused because of its novelty and variability. If states instead adopt other, well known means of execution, particularly the firing squad, it is much harder to challenge on c&u grounds.
I spent time on California's death row. I can assure you, that is 100% true.
if we are to remain a civilized Christian and Conservative society we need to abolish the death penalty completely. Period.
I strongly disagree with that statement. I don't think we can have a so called Christian/conservative society without the death penalty.
He was just scared of facing her standing next to a just and loving God. That would be a sight to scare me out of ever doing anyone harm, least of all a child.
how will you protect prison inmates? It’s unconstitutional to segregate murderers to solitary. Their blood on your hands.
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