There ought to be a statute of limitations on appeals so all appeals end in 10 years from the date of sentencing. It’s a crime against taxpayers to pay fat checks to state defense lawyers for over 20 years to keep these monsters from the justice that jurors decided was appropriate.
“There ought to be a statute of limitations on appeals so all appeals end in 10 years from the date of sentencing.”
NO! There should be a limit of one or two appeals, with a time limit of say 24 months. The death penalty has no deterrent effect if it takes decades to be employed.
Here in CA it’s going to be “interesting” to see what prosecutors do with this criminal Illegal alien, Bracamonte, who killed the two cops and told the judge in open court that he was going to get out and kill him too.
There should be only one appeal allowed on procedural matters. After that, any appeals must be based on the presentation of new, exculpatory evidence, or evidence of serious and deliberate prosecutorial misconduct. Say Duke rape cased level.