It is a violation of the 8th Amendment to put anyone to death. It is a violation of due process to eliminate the appellate system.
How many innocent people have been saved from execution because of the appellate system?
It is a violation of the 8th Amendment to put anyone to death. It is a violation of due process to eliminate the appellate system.
How many innocent people have been saved from execution because of the appellate system?
Thats a reason for prison reform, not executions.
We don't need to break the constitution in order to build a better prison. Executing criminals will not (and has not) make the job any easier for the guards. It will not prevent attacks. It will not prevent escapes of dangerous criminals.
How is having two trials an elimination of the appellate system?
How many innocent people, especially guards and other inmates, have been killed because we allow these violent criminals to keep breathing the same air as others?
Until then we best keep the DP around and utilize it, at higher standard say like for guys like, McVeigh...
The Constitution of the United States of America - Eighth Amendment--Further Guarantees in Criminal Cases
No one has been denied the appellate system at federal levels that I can see.
Only the guilty ones.
I think the Death Penalty is requested far more often than it should be, even in circumstantial cases, and is too often used as a bullying tactic to get concessions from the defendant.
The Death Penalty should be rare, and it's not. There should be incontravertable proof, bodies in the freezer, items from victims found in the defendants house, DNA evidence, etc. There should be more than one murder involved... serial killers, mass murders should be eligible for the Death Penalty, not the who commited a single armed robbery that went bad. Did y'all know that the average prison time for a man who kills his SO is 7 years? Kill a stranger, face the Death Penalty.
Yeah. Our justice system is flawed as hell, and mis-use of the Death Penalty is part and parcel of it.
How about we implement the prison reforms NOW and eliminate the DP NOW in order to adhere to a constitutional justice system which is not only effective but also righteous?
Well, I for one think it's hilarious that when you talk to a lot of conservatives they will tell you they are pro-life and then, in the next sentence, tell you they are pro capital punishment. If we can't take a life in the beginning, what makes it better later on? Would I love to just execute child molestors, murderers, and rapists? Sure I would. But, as a pro-lifer, I can't hold a double standard. It's God's place to take life, no matter when it is taken.
I vigorously oppose the death penalty, but not for some bull**** humanitarian reason. The death penalty offers a quick and painless out of the misery that's called prison for them. Life in prison is much, much worse than anything the death penalty can offer. 24 hours in solitary confinement, no parole, for the rest of the life, with no TV, radio, or any of the pleasures many people so desperately needs. Hard labor for at least more than 10 hours, terrible conditions, rats and roaches everyday. That's much more deserving punishment for inhumane scum than the painless and quick thing called the death penalty. Plus, it will be cheaper, in the US
barbarian_style thinking said:jeez when you put it like that it sounds cruel to house people like that... now you make me feel bad about my views of putting them down.
jeez when you put it like that it sounds cruel to house people like that... now you make me feel bad about my views of putting them down.
The death penalty offers a quick and painless out of the misery that's called prison for them. Life in prison is much, much worse than anything the death penalty can offer. 24 hours in solitary confinement, no parole, for the rest of the life, with no TV, radio, or any of the pleasures many people so desperately needs.
To the bolded: Not in this country. Otherwise, we wouldn't see such a high rate of repeat offenses, reconviction, and reimprisonment after release.
Sorry, I'm blunt and prone on details. That's really my view of it. It also offers a chance of rehabilitiation, and one doesn't have to live with the guilt of killing a potentially innocent person
Not a double standard. Protecting innocent life versus holding guilty people accountable. Abortion is never fair or just in the fact that the life is unfairly lost without any just cause. While the death penalty evokes sorrow, a criminal has brought consequences upon him/herself through choices. It is at this point where it is necessary to uphold justice and in extreme cases the result is and should be death.
Who gave us the authority to end someone's life in that deliberate of a manner? I'm not one of these guys who thinks we should reform these creeps. I think they should be locked in a cell by themselves for the rest of their life. But I also do not believe some gov't appointed official can send me to my maker. Who is he to sentence me to death?
It's not about who *he* is, but it's about punishment that fits the crime. When you kill another, imo you forfeit your right to life.
Who gave us the authority to end someone's life in that deliberate of a manner? I'm not one of these guys who thinks we should reform these creeps. I think they should be locked in a cell by themselves for the rest of their life. But I also do not believe some gov't appointed official can send me to my maker. Who is he to sentence me to death?
We the People did and til the law changes it's they way of the land. I don't see it changing anytime soon and as long as you don't do something way out weird and stupid no one will sentence you to death. Pretty simple, live by the current law and you should be in good shape!
In other words, stay in line or the gov't will kill you. :spin: Good, got it. Are you about due to get the batteries changed on your gov't issued tracking chip that is inserted in your forehead btw?
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