Why is the Death Penalty useless?
I have heard the arguments about how the death penalty doesn't work and how more civilized societies (and states) have abolished it alltogether.
I believe that the Death Penalty would be an effective deterent to crime if it was used efficiently.
Last year here in Denver a man died of old age and natural causes after 28 YEARS on Death Row! How is that supposed to deter someone?
"Let's see... If I can kill enough people then I get free room and board, cable TV, fans, possibly a wife, and some other perks for the rest of my natural life or close to it? Cool! But wait! I ALSO get to drain society of hundreds of thousands of dollars by filing apeal after pointless apeal for no reason other than entertainment? Even better!"
No wonder the Death Penalty is useless.
I believe that the Death Penalty should be revamped. Upgrade the system and make it more effective. Make it more than life in prison without possibility of parole.
If all Death Row appeals were handled by an appeals office devoted to this single cause, and if time limits for filing and processing these appeals were instituted, that would cut down on the process and save YEARS of time.
If a Federal Court of Judges were to be put in place just below the Supreme Court, just to hear and pass judgement on these appeals, thus skipping all the other layers of judges (district, state, etc.) that would also save years.
If appeals could only submitted for reasonable or concrete reasons, that would save even more years.
If this plan was instituted Death Row inmates would be a drain on society for an average of less than three years.
This process can and has been done. Look how fast Timothy McVeigh (sp), the Oklahoma City bomber, got executed.
I know that some of you are worried about cost. Who's gonna pay for all these judges and clerks and stuff?
I propose that we broadcast executions online and on Paid Per View. While this may seem immoral and unethical to you, how many people do you think would have paid $50 to watch McVeigh die? How many friends and members of the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing would have paid to watch him die? What about patriots who wanted to see justice done?
Please bear in mind, you have to PAY in order to watch. No one would be forcing you or anyone else to watch this.
How much money do you think that the government could make on this? If half of the money earned for each execution went to the victims or the family of the victims, this would be more than enough to pay for the legal process to make Death a valid and feared punishment.
What do you think?
I believe that the Death Penalty would be an effective deterent to crime if it was used efficiently.
Last year here in Denver a man died of old age and natural causes after 28 YEARS on Death Row! How is that supposed to deter someone?
"Let's see... If I can kill enough people then I get free room and board, cable TV, fans, possibly a wife, and some other perks for the rest of my natural life or close to it? Cool! But wait! I ALSO get to drain society of hundreds of thousands of dollars by filing apeal after pointless apeal for no reason other than entertainment? Even better!"
No wonder the Death Penalty is useless.
I believe that the Death Penalty should be revamped. Upgrade the system and make it more effective. Make it more than life in prison without possibility of parole.
If all Death Row appeals were handled by an appeals office devoted to this single cause, and if time limits for filing and processing these appeals were instituted, that would cut down on the process and save YEARS of time.
If a Federal Court of Judges were to be put in place just below the Supreme Court, just to hear and pass judgement on these appeals, thus skipping all the other layers of judges (district, state, etc.) that would also save years.
If appeals could only submitted for reasonable or concrete reasons, that would save even more years.
If this plan was instituted Death Row inmates would be a drain on society for an average of less than three years.
This process can and has been done. Look how fast Timothy McVeigh (sp), the Oklahoma City bomber, got executed.
I know that some of you are worried about cost. Who's gonna pay for all these judges and clerks and stuff?
I propose that we broadcast executions online and on Paid Per View. While this may seem immoral and unethical to you, how many people do you think would have paid $50 to watch McVeigh die? How many friends and members of the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing would have paid to watch him die? What about patriots who wanted to see justice done?
Please bear in mind, you have to PAY in order to watch. No one would be forcing you or anyone else to watch this.
How much money do you think that the government could make on this? If half of the money earned for each execution went to the victims or the family of the victims, this would be more than enough to pay for the legal process to make Death a valid and feared punishment.
What do you think?
posted by Keko at 09:08
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