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My Catholic friends are correct. Human life is sacred. We shouldn't execute, abort or euthanize.
Dennis @ 3:14 PM PDT, Oct 3, 2008
I agree with your idea of cost, but I also see the problem where justice has not been carried out. The prisoner has housing for the rest of his term. Not a bad way to cheat death himself. Keep in mind that we are running out of space as well.
Elaine @ 2:46 PM PDT, Oct 3, 2008
Jeanne Woodford is wrong in her assessment of capital punishment. What we need is swifter judgement and limited appeals, but that will never happen because our country has become too weak to administer real justice. She also doesn't get to the real root of the problem which is a society that has turned its back on the Creator. We need men and women to turn to God, truly humble themselves and repent. He is the answer to our social ills, but all the geniuses we have today just want to throw more money at the problems. Their social programs continue to be miserable failures because theyre devoid of God. We need a nationwide revival!
Jeff Gose @ 12:14 PM PDT, Oct 3, 2008
As a husband and a parent I canot help but worry about the safety of my family; a primary function of government is to protect its citizens from harm. Eliminate the death penalty as an option and the fight could shift to a court battle over the legality of life without the possibility of parole. Any time a criminal wins that fight, he or she is back on the streets and I have to check the locks on my doors and windows and look over my shoulder even more often. If a death sentence is overturned, the convicted still faces life without parole. Eliminate the death penalty and if life without parole is overturned, then what?
Tom Joad @ 11:30 AM PDT, Oct 3, 2008
A failed policy by corrupt politicians. That is all murdering people is and ever was.
Tobin Kinger @ 11:28 AM PDT, Oct 3, 2008
It's not about reducing crime. The death penalty is about justice. The ultimate penalty for the ultimate crime.
chatmandu @ 11:19 AM PDT, Oct 3, 2008
Societies take freedon away from criminals because they value freedon so much. A sanction can only be a sanction if we take somethin away which is valued. The sanction which takes away the most, is that sanction which shows what we value most. Thusly, in some societies murderers face execution. John Stuart Mill, speech on the death penalty http://poshoc.notlong.com Immanuel Kant, "The Right of Punishing" http://shouha.notlong.com "Defending Capital Punishment" http://fichach.notlong.com "Capital Punishment: The Case for Justice" http://ohshor.notlong.com
Dudley Sharp @ 10:39 AM PDT, Oct 3, 2008
So the bleeding hearts drive up the cost of execution by filing endless appeals, then they say we should stop executions because it costs too much. At the very least, the death penalty should be preserved for prisoners who murder, rape, or maim other prisoners. Prisoners who attack guards should be executed without delay. The question isn't why we have so many prisoners, but why we have so many criminals. Currently, on the street and in prison, violence and aggression are rewarded with power, money, and prestige. You always get more of whatever behavior is rewarded.
Kevin @ 10:26 AM PDT, Oct 3, 2008
Regarding costs, Ms. Woodford overlooked reform. There is no reason the California system cannot be as efficient as Virginia. Since 1974, 65% of those sentenced to death in Va have been executed. (BJS Capital Punishment 2005) The average time on death row prior to execution is about 9 years. If duplicated by California, the death penalty would , almost certainly, be less expensive than life without parole.
Dudley Sharp @ 10:10 AM PDT, Oct 3, 2008
Theres no assurance the money Warden Woodford would "save" would be spent as suggested. The millions collected in the tobacco industry settlement were used to settle the claims in the Rampart police corruption cases. Twenty years of appeals is an insult to justice. Death Row inmates are far more likely to die from natural causes as from the death penalty. Im 56 years old. Theres every reason to believe Ill die before Scott Peterson dies.
G. Brown @ 8:26 AM PDT, Oct 3, 2008
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