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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (124582)9/23/2000 4:51:00 PM
From: TGPTNDR   of 1581934
 
CJ RE: <inmates on death row feel that the death penalty is a deterrent to crime. Worked well for them, didn't it?...>

I'll bet that if the execution goes through that they don't commit their favorite crime again.

Actually, I'm most likely not as cold blooded as I may come off.

The vast majority of crimes prosecuted as 'capital cases' should not be. One of the problems in the US judicial system is that Lawyers are paid on the basis of their wins & on the seriousness of the cases they've prosecuted/defended. The prosecutors try to prosecute crimes for the most serious possible interpretation of the defendents actions, frequently based on probability of success as opposed to probability of actual guilt.

That's true both on the prosecution and the defense sides. On the defense side it amounts to 'you get what you pay for', clearly not correct in serious cases(I consider anything life threatening to be, by definition, serious.) On the prosecution side you have dingbats trying to 'make a name' by being tough on crime -- who with-hold & invent evidence, etc. I believe that such action should be punnishable by penalties commensurate with those for the crime they are attempting to prosecute -- Screw with evidence in a capital case & you're looking at the chair. It's my opinion that if the Calif. Cops hadn't screwed with the evidence OJ'd be in jail today.

There has to be a *LOT* more truth & morality in law in the US if the legal profession is to regain some credibility. I doubt it'll happen in my lifetime.

Re: Dumping them on a secluded island -- I could, perhaps agree with you -- except that I'd prefer that the formal release occurred at around 1000'.

tgptndr
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