Death penalty: whats your opinion ?

[Warik]

Unfortunately, jurors convict in almost 99% of homicide cases where there is a confession.

Yes. It's quite a shame that the number is not closer to 100%.

I don't see the point of even having a trial if there is a confession. Just a waste of taxpayer dollars.

"Hi sir did you kill Mr. Smith?"

"yes I did"

"Ok please report to the local courthouse in 2 weeks for your trial."

"Uh, but I just confessed."

"But you still have to go to trial."

"So I just confessed for nothing?"

"No... not for nothing... because you confessed, there is a 1% chance that you won't be convicted"

"Cool!"

-Warik

 

[absolute hardgainer]

This is not an easy question to answer.

A legal system that is too inept and too flawed and makes too many mistakes in serious cases doesn't have the right to sentence people to death.

Imagine an innocent convict whose confession was coerced and was still admitted in court is wrongly sentenced to death and executed. In the US there are several cases where the more than one person has been convicted of the same crime and has been sentenced and is serving time, even though logically only one person could have done it. A 'justice' system that is so idiotic and irrational doesn't deserve to wield the death penalty as a means of punishment.

On the other hand the death penalty is appropriate for the most heinous crimes, IMHO. But who is perfect enough in judgement to administer it?

hardgainer (my two cents)

 

[Roadblock]

if he is guilty without any doubt, he should get death penalty. Or she.

quote you again:

"No one has the right to decide over a human life"

except the murderer, he has all the rights....

As I said, 2 wrongs don´t make a right. When you decide to take his life for what he has done then you´re sinking down to his level. If he is about to be punished then take away his rights, let him live on bread and water. As Pinky Girl said, they have sometimes better in jail than outside and that is wrong.

 

[berry de mey]

humm

hi everyone,ill let u know whats going on in spain,there is a terrorist clan that want t be the rulers of the country but not by votes,they want to win by scarring the shit out of everyone,they blast day on day of ,aeroports,supermarkets,in the fu g street ,blowing up families with kids babies ,old men and laddies,anything that comes across in that moment,now u tell me what we should do?if we had the death penalty for terrorist and social monster that kill babies and fu g eat them and stuff like that i dont think they would do the things they do,i agree that the sholud studie the cases well so no inecents die ,in that case no death penalty,only on clear guilty mother fu kers,and think about it dont judge from the right to live angle ,some peoplo dont deserve to live

 

[kuda75]

an eye for an eye. kill those worthless bastards

 

[gymnpoppa]

I agree

with hardgainer.....the system is flawed and corrupt..so who's to say you're guilty......on the other hand.....Warik, if the criminal admits without a 12 hour
"conforcion", then eliminate the courtroom crap, appeals process, etc. Here in Irving, George Rivas he of the Texas Seven Gang, was sentenced to die earlier this week... He stated a few times, he didn't want to be stuck in prison like an animal, death would give him freedom. Even if he waives his appeals process, he will still spend about a year before they put the syringes in his arm. For some reason, it's more expensive to kill em, than it is to house them. Don't know why, two 9mm slugs, or a rope, very inexpensive...............

 

[nycdefender]

Warik, just because there is a "confession" does not mean that a person committed the crime. Recall that from my earlier post, 22% of cases where a person was later exonerated by DNA evidence involved false confessions. The study was done, I believe, by the Innocence Project at Cardozo Law School. Perhaps that margin of error in death penalty cases is acceptable to you. But I imagine for many people, that is an outrageous margin.
I'm sure that HeMan would be appalled if he executed an innocent person.

 

[gymnpoppa]

People tend to forget the actions of the inmate at the time of the execution. People start to feel sorry for these repeated rapists, baby killers, molesters, and murderers. Its a shame.

You're right......I recall Karla Faye Tucker...the woman executed a couple of years ago.....in Huntsville....the media....made her into a hero/martyr

nyc....you're right...22% is disgusting.....there are some obvious problems with the process....nobody wants to change em....why do you think that is? As a matter of fact, nobody even talks about it, unless some independent study is done....(Cardozo Law School), and once that is made public, the officials sometimes acknowledge problems, but still do nothing......what do you think?

 

[DcupSheepNipples]

Eye for an eye. KILL EM ALL

 

[manny78]

It's weird we haven't seen RyanH's opinion yet ? where is he ?