penalty

Words fail me.

...because the Government lawyers, with a slam-dunk conviction and a nearly-sure death penalty phase (I mean, think what you will of the death penalty, someone convicted of taking part in a plan to kill in cold blood 3,000+ people would have to qualify, or nobody would) may have FUBAR'ed the...

Science versus the Death Penalty

An executed man suspected of being innocent is getting a modern DNA review. Only a couple of days left. Place your bets...

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20051127T210000-0500_93495_OBS_GANG_FOUNDER_S_DEATH_ROW_DRAMA_GAINS_STAR_SUPPORT.asp There is no doubt that this "Tookie" object is a low life of immense proportions. The fact that a PR machine could alter the course of justice in so grave a matter...

(And by Europe I mean mostly EU and other Western European countries, and I even include Canada! :p) Discussions on the death penalty is one of the Three Big Discussions in this subforum, the other two being gun laws and Israel/Middle East discussions. The situation when it comes to the death...

What is the reason to keep people on death row for decades, if they are guilty of a crime deemed severe enough to warrant their death? If the sentence is definitive, send the sentenced off to the death chamber (of your choice, depending on your taste for horror) right away. If you can send a...

Yet, only a few days ago, he sang an entirely different tune:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/21/jurors.ethnicity.ap/index.html Jury challenges are one of the worst aspect of our judicial system. The goal of a jury of one's peers is to have a representative random sample of people. Biased people should be removed but, otherwise, everyone should get to...

I can see two reasons for the death penalty: Justice and deterrent. Now, there have been a lot of discussions on just how much justice there is in taking a life for a life, or sometimes not even for a life, and I really don't think anyone will be able to sway the other party to a measurable...

Why did Peterson get the death penalty? http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20050316/ap_on_re_us/laci_peterson_17 The case seemed a little outside the range of cases that get the death penalty to me, but I'm no expert. Before the thing started I thought the death...

I don't know if this holds up... but it crossed my mind today. Which is more cruel... to cut off someone's limb, or to kill them? I would say it's clear that most people would choose the loss of a limb over death. However, our government has the authority to kill criminals convicted of a...

I saw this clip of an old debate tween John Kerry and William Weld. They were arguing over the DP for terrorists. Mind you this was some 10+ years ago. Kerry made an interesting anti-DP argument. He said that with the DP many foreign nations would refuse to extradite captured terrorists to the...

Justices Debate Whether Death Penalty Ruling Can Be Retroactive Which begs the question - is real life like a soap opera?

...like the guys sued here: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=&e=8&u=/ap/20040310/ap_on_hi_te/internet_spam_4 I wish they'd bring back boiling in oil for these people.

I don't know if you guys have been following the story about the abducted little girl in Florida. Her abduction was caught on a surveillance camera. It is chilling to watch. The guy (in a mechanic's uniform) just walks up and grabs her and walks her away. A mechanic was arrested a few days...

I knew Europe would start coming around. Now we'll get them well armed. "Shadow home secretary: Bring back death penalty By Colin Brown and David Bamber (Filed: 16/11/2003) David Davis, the shadow home secretary, yesterday demanded the reintroduction of the death penalty. In his...

Here is one thing I don't understand. Many abolitionists claim, in the name of "humanity", that the death penalty should be abolished because we should learn to forgive crimes and not punish with "an eye for an eye", which is merely "revenge". I don't get either aqrgument. They both seem to me...

London Times, today: "British and US suspects held over attacks in Iraq BY AP IN ABU GHRAIB, IRAQ" Premeditated murder on behalf of an enemy, treason. I am not in favor of the DP but at some point one runs out of capitol offences to commit and really deserves a big prize.

Troy Kell murdered a man when he was a teenager at his girlfriend's urging. While serving time in prison he stabbed a black man several dozen times while shouting "white power". This was completely caught on tape and was broadcast in it's entirety on HBO as part of a documentary on the case...