PSA: Death Penalty

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: alphatarget1

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: alphatarget1

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: alphatarget1

Originally posted by: zendari
They need to use the death penalty far more often and more swiftly.

You mean executing people that are innocent because our justice system is fvcked up?

Typical pro-life, pro-executing conservative response. BTW this should be in P&N.

What percentage of inmates on Death Row in the last 100 years have been proven innocent after being proven guilty and sent to Death Row?

It doesn't matter, anything higher than 0% is unacceptable to me.

Fixed and quoted-for-I-don't-care.

I'm not saying that people like Tim Mcveigh shouldn't be executed. You should not ever kill an innocent person, period.

I agree. However, I more strongly agree that the guilty should not leech off of the innocent. They deserve to die, so smoke their ass. The *VAST* majority of those on DR will never ever be proven innocent. Plus, now with DNA technology, it's getting harder and harder to put an innocent person on DR. I'm all for waiting a few minutes after their sentence for them to make their peace, then roasting them right there on the spot.

 

[LeiZaK]

Originally posted by: cjgallen
Texas stopped using the electric chair in 1977 and has since used lethal injection. Without fail, any story posted about someone committing a crime in Texas is followed by:

"LOLLL I hope they FRY!!!"
"Give 'em TEH CHAIR!"

Sorry, but all the chairs are in museums now.

That is all.

And remember: Don't Mess With Texas.

those just sound so much more intimidating than "Give 'em the IV!"
or "I hope they get Anesthesia!!!"

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: MetalMat
They should just hang people, save time & money.

Nah, that's not quick enough. A bullet through the back of the skull works wonders. Besides, people who get hanged actually suffer. I'm all for torturing the sick fvckers, but when my sensible side returns, I say just put them out of everyone's misery and move on.

I do believe that if it's done properly, death from hanging should be near instantaneous. The idea is to snap the neck, not asphyxiate.

 

[alphatarget1]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: alphatarget1

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: alphatarget1

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: alphatarget1

Originally posted by: zendari
They need to use the death penalty far more often and more swiftly.

You mean executing people that are innocent because our justice system is fvcked up?

Typical pro-life, pro-executing conservative response. BTW this should be in P&N.

What percentage of inmates on Death Row in the last 100 years have been proven innocent after being proven guilty and sent to Death Row?

It doesn't matter, anything higher than 0% is unacceptable to me.

Fixed and quoted-for-I-don't-care.

I'm not saying that people like Tim Mcveigh shouldn't be executed. You should not ever kill an innocent person, period.

I agree. However, I more strongly agree that the guilty should not leech off of the innocent. They deserve to die, so smoke their ass. The *VAST* majority of those on DR will never ever be proven innocent. Plus, now with DNA technology, it's getting harder and harder to put an innocent person on DR. I'm all for waiting a few minutes after their sentence for them to make their peace, then roasting them right there on the spot.

We waste too much money on the death row, true. Now to keep this off of P&N I shall cease all postings regarding my view on capital punishment 😛

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: cjgallen
Texas stopped using the electric chair in 1977 and has since used lethal injection. Without fail, any story posted about someone committing a crime in Texas is followed by:

"LOLLL I hope they FRY!!!"
"Give 'em TEH CHAIR!"

Sorry, but all the chairs are in museums now.

That is all.

And remember: Don't Mess With Texas.

I dont think anyone uses the chair anymore. Its almost all lethal injection. Its a term...get used to it.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: Nik

What percentage of inmates on Death Row in the last 100 years have been proven innocent after being proven guilty and sent to Death Row?

A surprisingly high percentage, actually. In total, 119 people have been exonerated from death row in the US since 1973.

Until the advent of DNA testing, it was difficult and often impossible to exonerate death-row inmates, absent some major infirmities at the trial level. Many of the convictions were based largely or entirely on eyewitness testimony, which, although it's been shown to be highly inaccurate, is given great weight at trial and doesn't lend itself to later being disproven. Confessions, many of which are subsequently proven to be false, have traditionally pretty well sounded the death knell for serious postconviction review of cases.

Since the Innocence Project and similar operations have begun using DNA testing to reevaluate capital convictions, there's been an increase in the number of exonerations. Illinois alone freed 13 men from its death row, leading the governor, George Ryan, to suspend executions indefinitely in 2000.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: alphatarget1

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: alphatarget1

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: alphatarget1

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: alphatarget1

Originally posted by: zendari
They need to use the death penalty far more often and more swiftly.

You mean executing people that are innocent because our justice system is fvcked up?

Typical pro-life, pro-executing conservative response. BTW this should be in P&N.

What percentage of inmates on Death Row in the last 100 years have been proven innocent after being proven guilty and sent to Death Row?

It doesn't matter, anything higher than 0% is unacceptable to me.

Fixed and quoted-for-I-don't-care.

I'm not saying that people like Tim Mcveigh shouldn't be executed. You should not ever kill an innocent person, period.

I agree. However, I more strongly agree that the guilty should not leech off of the innocent. They deserve to die, so smoke their ass. The *VAST* majority of those on DR will never ever be proven innocent. Plus, now with DNA technology, it's getting harder and harder to put an innocent person on DR. I'm all for waiting a few minutes after their sentence for them to make their peace, then roasting them right there on the spot.

We waste too much money on the death row, true. Now to keep this off of P&N I shall cease all postings regarding my view on capital punishment 😛

:golf clap;

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: Nik

What percentage of inmates on Death Row in the last 100 years have been proven innocent after being proven guilty and sent to Death Row?

A surprisingly high percentage, actually. In total, 119 people have been exonerated from death row in the US since 1973.

Until the advent of DNA testing, it was difficult and often impossible to exonerate death-row inmates, absent some major infirmities at the trial level. Many of the convictions were based largely or entirely on eyewitness testimony, which, although it's been shown to be highly inaccurate, is given great weight at trial and doesn't lend itself to later being disproven. Confessions, many of which are subsequently proven to be false, have traditionally pretty well sounded the death knell for serious postconviction review of cases.

Since the Innocence Project and similar operations have begun using DNA testing to reevaluate capital convictions, there's been an increase in the number of exonerations. Illinois alone freed 13 men from its death row, leading the governor, George Ryan, to suspend executions indefinitely in 2000.

Guess that means that as time goes on the percentage will go down much more.

Yea for DNA testing!