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Nick Hull wrote:
Nancy Rudins wrote:


There is never closure to losing a family member to murder. I've
read
of cases in which the family of a murder victim did not want capital
punishment for the murderer. The family of Ted Bundy's victims are
still grieving for their loss. His execution did not bring "closure"
to the loss.

It's fine with me if the victim and her family don't want capital
punishment, as long as I don't have to feed, cloth, shelter and guard
the perp, and as long as the perp can NEVER escape.

You are paying much, much more for appeals to both the State and
Federal Court for a Capital Punishment case than paying for the upkeep
and cost for someone with LWOP. The appellate reviews, the State paid
attorneys for the defendant, State Commission hearings etc. etc. etc.

http://janda.org/c10/statisticsnews/NoDeathPenalty.htm

-c

http://www.deathpenalty.org/index.ph...cost&menu=1%22

Main reason I am against the death penalty. . . $$$$$$$$. Rare that we
execute someone relative to the amount on death row and all the extra
costs
related to both the trial and all the appeals afterward.


Which is why I said the appeals process is a farce for somebody like Deleon,
or Charles Ng, or Richard Allen Davis, or so many MANY of those convicted of
these atrocious crimes. Crimes where *guilt* is not in doubt what so ever.
And where we all saw the *fair trial* process.

There is no reason why the death penalty should be expensive, except for
the lawyers who profit. If a person is sentenced to death, just take
him out of the courthouse and waste him. I would prefer selling his
organs and giving the money to the victim's family.

Move to China, where the particular fitness and need for a prisoner's
body parts often makes for a speedy execution.



Certainly the system is not perfect and some innocent people will be
killed, but nothing in this world is perfect. Should we outlaw marriage
because half of them fail?

Does marriage involve killing? Are the effects as irreversible as
death?


The answer to bad verdicts is not endless
appeals but to improve the system to reduce bad verdicts. A court
should be a level playing field; if the same govt pays the judge, jurors
and prosecutor can you expect acquital if you lack a $million lawyer?
Separation of powers is the answer, our founding fathers knew it but
failed to implement it. See my web page for details.

I don't know WTF you're trying to say here.

The disproportionate number of white perps, who get lighter sentences
for the same crimes, on death row, immediately makes the DP highly
suspect. It's pure circus for the masses, that's all.

Our ominous and powerful state shouldn't be allowed to kill people.
It's amazing that the same people who want less state controls will hand
over this power to their ultimate in corruption. How can you trust them
to kill the right person? What, is the State suddenly virtuous when it
allows an execution?

No matter how much a person deserves death (and there are many who do),
I'm not willing to give any government the power to make that decision.

bel