green_cactus_IHB
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[quote author="Nude" date=1219370245][quote author="green_cactus" date=1219291124][quote author="Nude" date=1219278746] As for the death penalty, once a person has been convicted and had an opportunity for appeal, they should be housed in general population in San Quentin and randomly executed in their cell sometime after breakfast. Not knowing when or how they are going to die will at least simulate some of the apprehension their victim's felt, and in the meantime they get to live shoulder to shoulder with the worst of the worst.</blockquote>
What about all the exonerated death-row inmates so far? With such a system they would all be dead (instead of having been released decades later). There is no room for error with the death penalty and the current system is FAR from foolproof. What ratio of executions of innocent people vs. deserving criminals would be acceptable?</blockquote>
No system is perfect. But rather than assume wrongful conviction after my stipulated appeal (which would include DNA testing in this day and age), I am going to assume that a jury and an appeals court did everything right and the person convicted actually committed the crime. Could they all be wrong? Sure. But how many people are you willing to let die to prevent one death penalty from being wrongly imposed?
Before you answer that, look up the statistics on murders committed in prison by people already serving life sentences.</blockquote>
How exactly are other people dying when we prevent a person from being unjustly executed?
What about all the exonerated death-row inmates so far? With such a system they would all be dead (instead of having been released decades later). There is no room for error with the death penalty and the current system is FAR from foolproof. What ratio of executions of innocent people vs. deserving criminals would be acceptable?</blockquote>
No system is perfect. But rather than assume wrongful conviction after my stipulated appeal (which would include DNA testing in this day and age), I am going to assume that a jury and an appeals court did everything right and the person convicted actually committed the crime. Could they all be wrong? Sure. But how many people are you willing to let die to prevent one death penalty from being wrongly imposed?
Before you answer that, look up the statistics on murders committed in prison by people already serving life sentences.</blockquote>
How exactly are other people dying when we prevent a person from being unjustly executed?
