Talk is cheap, and when it comes to the death penalty, there are some real bargins.Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
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Talk is cheap, and when it comes to the death penalty, there are some real bargins.Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
Life should mean LIFE. I like the sentences handed down that say Life in prison WITHOUT POSSIBILITY of parole. That is the only way to keep these killers off the street. I live in Pennsylvania and even when someone gets the death sentence here, they are more likely to die of old age in prison than be executed.
there should be NO life in prison sentence. If you qualify for that you get death within 180 days = period end of story.
I am against the Death penalty for the most part, since I don't always feel that I trust some people in the prosecution business to not fudge the truth to get convictions at times. There are three prominent cases in this country alone that came to light in the last 10 years of guys condemned to life in prison where the cops/Crown Attorney's either fabricated or hid the truth of other evidence that led to the killer's being found not guilty. DNA usually helped in the end free these guys, but in some cases it was just inept defenses not being able to yell "BS" or "objection" enough to make the prosecution come clean.
So I am all for the life sentence, let them rot in jail for sure.....
That said, there are some killers where an idiot could figure out the guy did it, and in those cases, I suppose if the death penalty did come back, I would protest, but not too loudly in those cases.
I am a toss them in jail and throw the key kind of guy....
OH more question: Why is it if you are charged and convicted of Attemped Murder, you get a lighter sentence than if you succeeded? Talk about rewarding ineptitude...it is like saying, "If you killed this guy, we would give you life, but since you botched the job, here is a 10 year sentence, and see you in year 11 when you try again to finish the job?"
personally if u can commit the crime do the time. if a person can take a life by either shooting some one or with there own hands they should be made to spend the rest of there life behind bars. In england life is 25 yrs which is a bit weak when u look over the pond to america where it is 90 yrs per murder.
our justice system is very soft on people that commit such evil acts of selfishness. least give them plenty of time to think bout what they have done imo.
Not really, we have credit for good time which means 90 years is really 30, and then in most harsh states, you are eligible for parole after serving a third of the sentence (which really means ten years of the 90 (actual 30) years or less)Quote:
Originally Posted by skotie jay
At one point time, a life sentence in Texas, meant serving about an average of somewhere between 6 to 7 years in real years before being set loose :rolleyes:
In TEXAS!!!!???? Good lord, I thought it was just Canada that this liberal "catch and release" program going.Quote:
Originally Posted by markabilly
The sad lie is, even tough on crime jurisdictions don't want to spend the money to build the prisons to hold these guys to full terms. Prisons are expensive, and about half of the convicts in them CAN be rehabbed to some degree, so they just fastforward the process.
For some crimes, this maybe makes some sense, but in the case of murder, no....
For murder, the sentence should be exactly what is, no time served, no reductions, no parole.
Nope, FRY the SOB.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
yeah, appearantly in Texas, they do give out the death penalty, but now it is by the needle....Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
in the trial, the choice is life in prison or death which is decided after the liability phase when and after the jury makes certain findings relating to the nastiness of the crime in the liabilty (quilty or not, and at what level--manslaughter, second degree murder, etc) phase
If it is the death penalty, they go to a form of solitary confinement and wait ten to thirty years or more (indeed, may even get a couple of new trials, the sentence commuted to life or whatever...)
If it is life, they do six years, and get out on parole... :eek: ....the thing is that the jury is NOT told the reality of their choice, and probably think life means life.....
Well I know in Texas, you are more likely to get the death penalty, but if the public at large got it into their heads that life didn't mean life, a lot more people would be facing the death penalty. Because faced with the reality that the guy you convicted of murder might be out on the streets in 10 years, you might decide, screw it, he doesn't deserve the needle, but I will be damned if I want him moving next door either.....