How justice used to work and how it works now.

[dank69]

Not all cases are the same. Most murders don't have dozens of witnesses (yes, eyewitness IDs aren't the most reliable but when a theater full of people sees you doing it it's a different story) and a perp who is caught red handed by the cops. The Colorado shooting was part of the small minority of cases where that happens though, therefore it should go through the courts much faster than average.

What about dirty cops? Two dirty cops said they saw you shooting someone (that they actually killed and they just need a scapegoat and you happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time). According to you, you should be executed quickly. :thumbsup:

 

[dank69]

I'm sick of seeing his ugly ass bearded mug every night on the news
:twisted:

I haven't been following this case. Why should he shave his beard? Who has the right to make him shave it?

 

[Abraxas]

How many innocent people are we willing to execute just to make people who have been otherwise removed from society die a bit faster? In over a hundred and forty people have been exonerated on grounds of innocence or probable innocence since the death penalty was reinstated, countless more people were executed with significant doubts regarding their guilt or who were later determined to be innocent on the basis of things like DNA. The death penalty has no place in a civilized society without 100% certainty and we can never be 100% certain, it is the one thing that cannot be undone should we get it wrong.

 

[ichy]

How many innocent people are we willing to execute just to make people who have been otherwise removed from society die a bit faster?

Legal wranglings over whether someone has to shave his beard do nothing to protect the innocent. Neither does endless handwringing over some murdering scumbag's "mental state."