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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
The cost of the trials in dollars is a bit higher for a death penalty case, but the cost of incarceration for 50+ years would be more.
In one way, I respect our system and realize that everyone deserves justice, but on the other hand, some case are so obvious that the appeals system really should be limited.
The fact that appeals are automatic when someone pleads guilty to first degree murder is, to me, absurd. The fact that when the facts of a trial like this are obvious that appeals are allowed is absurd. Appeals should only be allowed if there was some sort of problem with the trial.
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To me, it's not the cost in dollars and cents.
It is the cost to our nation as rational, logical thought, based in law and fact, is relegated to the trash heap in favor of feel-good-psychology
enabling of murderers and terrorists, to somehow prove one's "tolerance" and "open-mindedness" and "fairness".
In fact, such enablers are the antithesis of "fair" or "just".