capital punishment

I believe in it. I know there are exceptions.
What is so pitiful, is a convicted person, waiting over 5 years on death
row. I realize, that a convict has 100's of rights to be processed by
law.....to make sure,
an innocent person is not there on the row. <>it will most likely be
over 10 years Bfore Scott Peterson is put to death. <>Most Americans
thinks he is guilty<>
I read that it cost more to house a convict on death row, than in the
other area of any prison.....I wonder how this could be?
<>There are 450 on death row in San Quentin...I read. Some in there over
15 years, I read. <>

<>Happy Holidays<>Bjay,.

 

When the accuracy of the judical system is 100%, I will support the
death penalty. Until then, I can't justify statistical inevitability
that someone who is very likely poor, uneducated, and innocent (of that
particular crime) will be put to death.
I'd also agree with the "immediate" execution perspective, but how many
legal teams are going to continue to research a case of someone that
has already been executed?

Perhaps this is an issue that should go forward for the "greater good"
- but I'd never be willing to make that call based on the cost.

If we inacted the above suggestions, how many minorities would have
been tried, convicted, and executed in between 1930 and 1950? If those
individuals were non-minority, how many of those executions would have
applied?
We've completely resolve all inequities in the judical system, right?

It's an interesting society that we live in. We can't allow people to
swear on public television, but many conservative state governments are
willing to put people to death... I find that ironic.

I hate to sound like a bleeding liberal, but it's too cold and wet to
ride today...

-d

 

I don't hate sounding like a liberal. The problem with what we have today is
we've allowed a bunch of right wing nut-jobs to turn "liberal" into a dirty
word associated with someone who is immoral, lazy and wants to give all your
money to people of "color". If they make a liberal into being no good then
they won't have to be concerned with debating whether the policies of the
liberal are right or wrong....they'll just say the person is no good. Up to
now, it's worked for them.

In response to the other posting, some people shouldn't be in law
enforcement.