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Originally Posted by RickeyD
My feelings are not relevant. State ordered execution is legal premeditated murder. Innocent people have been released from death row when new evidence has been presented. Innocent people have been released from prison when new evidence has been presented. Since the 70's many possibly innocent people have been executed. Typically new evidence is submitted but not looked at after the execution because the defendant is dead.
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Exactly.
I wish those who are so gung-ho about capital punishment, would just drop the pretense that is about
'justice'...when it is actually simply
'revenge.'
It really boils down to those of us who believe even one innocent person executed is one too many...and others who think it's just a
'cost of doing business.'
The fact that life without a chance of parole serves the same purpose and the fact that due to the legal appeals process for capital cases, executing them actually costs more than life without...proves that it is about revenge.
Costs of the Death Penalty | Death Penalty Information Center
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A new study by Lewis & Clark Law School and Seattle University that examined the costs of hundreds of aggravated murder and murder cases in Oregon has concluded that "maintaining the death penalty incurs a significant financial burden on Oregon taxpayers."
The researchers found that the average trial and incarceration costs of an Oregon murder case that results in a death penalty are almost double those in a murder case that results in a sentence of life imprisonment or a term of years.
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