I'm all for the death penalty. I think if someone intentionally kills someone else in cold blood, then they should lose their right to live also. Give them the Old Testament "eye for an eye" justice and do it quickly. To me, the appeals process for convicted killers has gotten way out of hand. We've got people on death row who have been there for, literally, decades because they've got some crafty lawyer looking up obscure appeal loopholes 24/7. Everyone knows they're guilty, some of them have even admitted they're guilty, and yet the appeals go on and on. Taxpayers' money is being burned annually keeping these people alive and, personally, I think there are better ways to spend our money.
One thing that I've never quite understood is why some killers get the death penalty and other killers get lesser sentences. I know that, under the law, it depends on how heinous the crime is, among other things. But, to me, murder is murder and I think that a person who beats his wife to death should get the death penalty just as quickly as a cop killer.
Last edited by dzrose93; 01-04-2002 at 05:13 PM.
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