Ending death penalty could save US millions

lazypothead420

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Hmm my opinion is, they should buy a case of ammo and a rifle. Kill the people that deserve to die and move on. Is that so complicated? The gov't just likes wasting money..
 

doobnVA

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u a funny guy.usually a scumbag on death row more often then not has a case history a mile long.why bother putting them back out to commmit more mayhem.not saying there are not exceptions of course.
by the way did you drop out or were you kicked out of law school,cause you sure are frustrated.
p.s. one of my great uncles donated a great piece of land for uva.also have to lawyers in my family.all ive done is state an opinion directly opposed to your weak ass shit.fucking military?they wouldnt have me.LLLLLLOL
In case you missed it, we're talking about INNOCENT PEOPLE. Does it matter if they've been convicted of jaywalking or accrued 65 speeding tickets when they are SITTING ON DEATH ROW FOR CRIMES THEY DIDN'T COMMIT?

You're damned right I'm frustrated. Frustrated with morons like you who don't understand the simple concept of BEING INNOCENT OF A CRIME AND SENTENCED TO DEATH.

You're full of shit. Tell me, what was your job title before you "retired" at age 49? Were you forced into retirement or was it voluntary?

Not surprised the military wouldn't have you. I don't think they take anyone with an IQ under the "mentally deficient" line.
 

odin92681

Member
I think that article is wrong, financially. Jail is BIG BUSINESS. And it keeps getting bigger. Lets not forget jails are private institutions and operate as a corporation for profit using taxpayer money. I know everyone will find their own number but I found an older one... 2.2 million people incarcerated at a minimum of $350 a day... that's 770 Billion dollars A DAY ! ! ! Even if that number is off its from 2006. If a person were executed, that would mean they lose a potential $360,000 (annually) per inmate on death row which is at least 4 years in CA.

The way I am trying to see it is economically. And personally I believe in the death penalty. If someone is a serial murderer (not accidental manslaughter or homicide) or multiple rapist or child molester... they deserve to die and even THEY know this.
 

Anjinsan

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I will kill inmates for tree fiddy a pop.

Kill of ten a day...take six days off...kill off ten more...take six days off...shiite it'd be a great life.

Killing serial rapists and serial killers would be both a joy and a paycheck.
 

kaiserAxel

Active Member
Soooo.

I read a couple posts about the manner of murder. There is a lot of controversy with this topic. Some say the state should murder in a pain-free way (I guess to disconnect itself from the word murder?)...And others believe if the person has committed a capital offense, he/she should be murdered in a painful manner (where would one draw the border of torture and murder? Would there be a time limit)
I don't know, just some food for thought. See if you can find: How to Kill a Human Being, it discusses the popular methods of execution and an overview of them. (We STILL don't have a proper way to hang someone, because people are so different when it comes to physiology, injections aren't done by doctors because of their hippocratic oath so they are sometimes administered incorrectly, etc etc)

Personally I like the guillotine, but w/e ;) (I think it's still used in France, hehe)

By the way Anjinsan you are disgusting. You are referring to enjoying execution; I see you no higher than those serial killers that start out killing small animals. I believe natural inter-species killing only occurs when a human is very emotionally charged; such as revenge/anger/fear. What you are talking about is just sick.
 

Anjinsan

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Soooo.

I read a couple posts about the manner of murder. There is a lot of controversy with this topic. Some say the state should murder in a pain-free way (I guess to disconnect itself from the word murder?)...And others believe if the person has committed a capital offense, he/she should be murdered in a painful manner (where would one draw the border of torture and murder? Would there be a time limit)
I don't know, just some food for thought. See if you can find: How to Kill a Human Being, it discusses the popular methods of execution and an overview of them. (We STILL don't have a proper way to hang someone, because people are so different when it comes to physiology, injections aren't done by doctors because of their hippocratic oath so they are sometimes administered incorrectly, etc etc)

Personally I like the guillotine, but w/e ;) (I think it's still used in France, hehe)

By the way Anjinsan you are disgusting. You are referring to enjoying execution; I see you no higher than those serial killers that start out killing small animals. I believe natural inter-species killing only occurs when a human is very emotionally charged; such as revenge/anger/fear. What you are talking about is just sick.
You are disgusting. These people raped children, ruined lives, murdered fathers n mothers. They do not deserve life. Someone is already getting paid to kill them. Apparently people are getting rich doing so.
Why is it fine for them to kill them...but not for me to do so?

I would kill them because it is a job that needs doing. Probably a more important job than whatever it is you collect a check for. The joy part of it is when I realize that at the end of the day...the world has 10 less serial rapists/murderers in it directly due to my work.
 

doobnVA

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You are disgusting. These people raped children, ruined lives, murdered fathers n mothers. They do not deserve life. Someone is already getting paid to kill them. Apparently people are getting rich doing so.
Why is it fine for them to kill them...but not for me to do so?

I would kill them because it is a job that needs doing. Probably a more important job than whatever it is you collect a check for. The joy part of it is when I realize that at the end of the day...the world has 10 less serial rapists/murderers in it directly due to my work.
Where do people get this idea that rape (even child rape) is a capital offense? IT ISN'T!

You're also ignoring the glaring reality that PEOPLE ARE WRONGLY CONVICTED ALL THE TIME!

So an innocent person should be executed without due process (Constitutional rights be damned!)? Are you really aware of what you're advocating?
 

Anjinsan

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Where do people get this idea that rape (even child rape) is a capital offense? IT ISN'T!

You're also ignoring the glaring reality that PEOPLE ARE WRONGLY CONVICTED ALL THE TIME!

So an innocent person should be executed without due process (Constitutional rights be damned!)? Are you really aware of what you're advocating?
Well first of all typical knee jerk reaction with stereotypical (add words that the poster never said to make my knee jerk reaction look more appropriate)

I would not be the judge. I would not be the jury. I would be the executioner. It is NOT the executioner's job to worry about if everyone else did their jobs correctly.

The executioner's job is to execute. Rest assured I'd have a 100% success rate.
 
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PadawanBater

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Well first of all typical knee jerk reaction with stereotypical (add words that the poster never said to make my knee jerk reaction look more appropriate)

I would not be the judge. I would not be the jury. I would be the executioner. It is NOT the executioner's job to worry about if everyone else did their jobs correctly.

The executioner's job is to execute. Rest assured I'd have a 100% success rate.
Dude, what if you were wrongfully convicted of a capital crime in this hypothetical reality you're advocating?
 

NoDrama

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Um, kidnapping and rape are NOT capital offenses. Not federally, and not in California. That man who kidnapped and raped the girl in CA is NOT eligible for the death penalty, period.

Capital offense crimes in some states also include aircraft hijacking, train wrecking, treason,http://www.criminal-law-lawyer-source.com/terms/drug.html sexual assault, drug trafficking, rape of a minor, and terrorism.

http://www.criminal-law-lawyer-source.com/terms/capital-offense.html
 

RickWhite

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I believe whole heartedly that people deserve to die for certain crimes.

That being said, I would never vote for the death penalty knowing what I know of our legal system. In my county, the chances of a person being found not guilty are slim to none according to a number of attorneys I know. Moreover, courts in my area routinely disregard people's 4th and 5th amendment rights among others. The courts here are Draconian and blatantly unfair to the extent that they are full fledged kangaroo courts - and this comes from the lawyers who practice there.

So, in principle I say some people ought to get the chair and it ought to be set on simmer. But in practice I say no way I would give that much power to the black robe wearing morons we call judges.
I'm going to go ahead and quote myself here since nobody evidently read what I wrote the first time.

I am as Conservative as anyone here and I have zero sympathy for criminals.

But, and this is a very big but, I want to make it clear as someone who knows numerous lawyers and as someone with first hand experience with our legal system; our legal system is an asinine system that works about as well as a back pocket on a T shirt.

You really, really, really don't want those morons deciding who lives and dies. Justice is not only blind, it is also retarded.
 

doobnVA

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Capital offense crimes in some states also include aircraft hijacking, train wrecking, treason, sexual assault, drug trafficking, rape of a minor, and terrorism.

http://www.criminal-law-lawyer-source.com/terms/capital-offense.html

The death penalty in the United States is used almost exclusively for the crime of murder. Although state and federal statutes contain various capital crimes other than those involving the death of the victim, only two people were on death row for a non-murder offense (Patrick Kennedy and Richard Davis in Louisiana). No one has been executed for such a crime since the death penalty was re-instated in 1976. In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court in Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584, held that the death penalty for the rape of an adult was "grossly disproportionate" and an "excessive punishment," and hence was unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. The Court looked at the relatively few states that allowed the death penalty for rape and the few death sentences that had been handed down.

Some states passed new laws allowing the death penalty for the rape of a child. In 2007, the Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Patrick Kennedy for the rape of his step-daughter, STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PATRICK KENNEDY (No. 05-KA-1981, May 22, 2007). Kennedy was convicted in 2003. However, Louisiana's law was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2008. See Kennedy v. Louisiana for more information. This decision also held that the death penalty would be disproportionate for any offense against an individual that did not involve death of the victim.
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Regardless of whether or not laws exist in states that would allow rape to be prosecuted as a capital offense, the Supreme Court's decision sets a precedent DISALLOWING capital punishment for cases of rape. Even child rape. Unless that decision is overturned, which isn't likely, nobody is going to be executed for rape.
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Johnnyorganic

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Off topic to JO: Thanks, I guess you saw my post before I edited it. We may not agree on everything, but you have one quality that seems to be dwindling in our society (not just these forums, though I dare say the dwindling is more pronounced in this type of exchange). You said it yourself; nobility. I'd also venture to say that if Obama signed an executive order commanding Congress to overturn the Controlled Substances Act right now, many people here would still cry "fascism and dictatorship" instead of expressing the proper emotions; relief and gratitude.

Back on topic, I think one industry that could stand "nationalization" is the prison industry. The fact that there are private, for-profit correctional facilities should offend the sensibilities of even the most conservative members of society. As long as prisons are making profits and giving kickbacks to judges who send them prisoners, our judicial system will remain corrupt and our prisons will remain overcrowded. When judges are given incentives to convict and incarcerate people (innocent OR guilty), the supposed neutrality of their position is compromised. Remove those incentives, and we'd likely see incarceration rates drop dramatically. Oh, and reform the drug laws already! Jesus.... I can't wait until this whole health care debacle is over with, so Congress can get on the ball with CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.
Nationalized? I can't say I agree with nationalizing anything not specifically delegated to the federal government by the Constitution. I do, however, agree with your statement on private prisons. I do not approve of the prison-industrial complex.
It makes no sense that in the "land of the free", more people are incarcerated than anywhere else on earth. Either we are all a bunch of immoral criminals, or our criminal justice system has failed us miserably. At the beginning of 2008, more than 1 in 100 people in the US were incarcerated. That's 1% of the population, or about 3 million people. That's around 5 times the population of Washington, DC! Half the states in the US have populations lower than that!
In a truly just society, the Defender's office would have the same level of funding and prestige as the Prosecutor's office. As it stands now, the deck is completely stacked against the defendant. Every accused is entitled to a vigorous defense regardless of ability to pay. Just as vigorous and zealous as the prosecution.

Parity between the prosecution and defense would lead to several good results for our Republic. Prison populations would be reduced. Prosecution would become expensive to the point that the prosecutor would become far more selective in determining which cases to pursue. This in turn, would encourage lawmakers to re-examine offenses on the books which do more harm to society than benefit it.
 

Rob Roy

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I'm going to go ahead and quote myself here since nobody evidently read what I wrote the first time.

I am as Conservative as anyone here and I have zero sympathy for criminals.

But, and this is a very big but, I want to make it clear as someone who knows numerous lawyers and as someone with first hand experience with our legal system; our legal system is an asinine system that works about as well as a back pocket on a T shirt.

You really, really, really don't want those morons deciding who lives and dies. Justice is not only blind, it is also retarded.
No argument there. The justice system is largely about revenue generation and control.
 

Puffster

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got mortgages,paid off mortgages,collect rent.understand that or is it too difficult?all earned with hard work and talent and sweat.jealious?LLLLLLLLOL
 

AllAboutIt

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And this is why the republicans earn a FAIL on human rights and civil rights issues.

Would you be advocating the death penalty for rape if say, your own 18 year old son was convicted of having sex with his 17 year old girlfriend, who isn't old enough to consent?

I dare say you would change your tune awfully fast if that happened, wouldn't you?

Or can you honestly say that your OWN SON deserves to be put to death for "rape"?
Dont play dumb..again typical lib. Lets completely over look the obvious. Change my tune no. all laws need adjustment, a person who VIOLENTLY harms a child of non-consenting age or a woman who just flat out SAID NO NO PLZ NO.u would change your tune...... Pathetic how you play ignorant to make a less than honorable point. and BTW 17 is consenting age in most states now and there must be an age difference greater than 5 years, again nice try.
 

NoDrama

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Some states passed new laws allowing the death penalty for the rape of a child. In 2007, the Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Patrick Kennedy for the rape of his step-daughter, STATE OF LOUI.....roportionate for any offense against an individual that did not involve death of the victim.
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Regardless of whether or not laws exist in states that would all.........ich isn't likely, nobody is going to be executed for rape.
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You did your homework and came back with something pretty impossible to refute, you were right and I was wrong!
 

Purplekrunchie

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I believe whole heartedly that people deserve to die for certain crimes.

That being said, I would never vote for the death penalty knowing what I know of our legal system. In my county, the chances of a person being found not guilty are slim to none according to a number of attorneys I know. Moreover, courts in my area routinely disregard people's 4th and 5th amendment rights among others. The courts here are Draconian and blatantly unfair to the extent that they are full fledged kangaroo courts - and this comes from the lawyers who practice there.

So, in principle I say some people ought to get the chair and it ought to be set on simmer. But in practice I say no way I would give that much power to the black robe wearing morons we call judges.
Obvious situations where we know 100% that this person committed a heinous crime, they need to go down, sans appeal process. In circumstantial cases, I agree with you, I simply don't trust the system to handle it properly, when innocent people are railroaded. To be fair to you're post, you never really said you would be against an obvious situation. Now another argument one might make is, what is an obvious situation, when you don't trust those making such decisions in the first place. I don't really have a thought on that, one I would have to ponder.
 
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