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steeljack · 16-02-2008, 01:02

I guess you can put me in the box ....if it was my child who had been murdered , I would say hang the son of a bitch , ........and if it was my son who was up on the charge I would pray mercy would be shown , but to my mind there is a problem ......I live in a State (California) which has the death penalty on the books and in recent years over 600 juries have decided after due deliberation that the person was guilty as charged and have followed the Judges/Courts directions on following sentencing guidelines and came down on the side that the person should be executed, .........now here is the problem ....we have over 600 people on death row dying of old age because sleazeball lawyers and a corrupt legal system which allows appeal after appeal ,
There is neither the judicial or political will to carry out the laws on the books , instead lip service is paid to the notion of justice , but no thought given to the 7000 odd jurors who have racked their consciences about making the difficult decision that would take someones life .

16-02-2008, 01:02	#45
steeljack God Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SF/ Bay Area California Posts: 4,002 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 1338	Re: death penalty? I guess you can put me in the box ....if it was my child who had been murdered , I would say hang the son of a bitch , ........and if it was my son who was up on the charge I would pray mercy would be shown , but to my mind there is a problem ......I live in a State (California) which has the death penalty on the books and in recent years over 600 juries have decided after due deliberation that the person was guilty as charged and have followed the Judges/Courts directions on following sentencing guidelines and came down on the side that the person should be executed, .........now here is the problem ....we have over 600 people on death row dying of old age because sleazeball lawyers and a corrupt legal system which allows appeal after appeal , There is neither the judicial or political will to carry out the laws on the books , instead lip service is paid to the notion of justice , but no thought given to the 7000 odd jurors who have racked their consciences about making the difficult decision that would take someones life .