RE: The death penalty makes no sense.
August 15, 2018 at 11:51 am
(This post was last modified: August 15, 2018 at 12:05 pm by Brian37.)
(August 15, 2018 at 11:39 am)LadyForCamus Wrote:(August 15, 2018 at 12:01 am)Tizheruk Wrote: Unless killing them brings the dead back all you have done is killed another person .What's robbing one person of live going to do other then robbing one more person of life ? That sounds unhelpful .
Why should a person like BTK get to continue living?
Holy crap, nobody gives a fuck about that sicko, not the point.
The point is our laws cover everyone, not just the famous people you hear about. In a perfect world I would agree, but we DON'T LIVE in a perfect world, and it is easy to armchair quarterback solely based on famous cases.
I just told you WHY it is a bad thing. I personally talked to a man who spoke at the college I went to, whom WAS ON DEATH ROW, and why was he? Because the prosecutor DID NOT disclose evidence to the defense that would have PREVENTED the charges from being filed in the first place. AND I also talked to a prisoner almost executed SOLELY based on the testimony of another prisoner. Prisoners can and do lie to get more privilege in prison.
You cannot take a small sample and base your parameters based on that one sample. EVEN outside the issue of murder, if you do not have the money like a rich person, it is harder for you to defend yourself solely with the help of a public defender.
In a perfect world I'd agree, but since our justice system DOES NOT FUND public defenders enough to defend their overwhelming case loads, mistakes can and are made all the time.
THAT GOES WITH ANY CRIME, not just the famous ones you hear about.
(August 15, 2018 at 8:36 am)Aegon Wrote: It's bad enough people serve prison time for crimes they didn't commit, let alone DIE for something they were wrongfully accused of.
BINGO!
When you watch the news everyday for DECADES like I have, to say someone never gets falsely accused or wrongfully convicted is patently absurd. And even in cases of false confessions, to say those things never happen is also absurd.
And again, that isn't just with charges of murder, that is with any crime one could be charged with.
If you base it on containment, not revenge, if a mistake is made, that innocent person has an opportunity to get out of prison.