Re: Man gets life in prison for spitting [on a cop]
"Timothy R. Butler" <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > Except, due to our twisted legal system, it costs sizably more to > > execute someone than the give them life in prison. > > that's really quite strange. in that case, there's really very little > argument for the death penalty, except perhaps compassion for the criminal. Indeed it is a problem. Here's why it is that way: In Missouri, for instance, a convict is guaranteed 9 (IIRC) appeals before a death penalty administration is allowed. That sounds alright at first, or at least not too bad, but here's the kicker: even if they say "yes, I'm guilty, I want to accept the penalty," that's too bad -- they will still get 9 appeals. 9 appeals if they want them, 9 appeals if they don't. In the end it costs well over 1 million dollars in legal fees, court fees, etc., to administer the death penalty (the penalty itself is rather cheap). -Tim - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks www.uninet.info ==================== <[email protected]> ==================== | Christian Portal: | Have you not learned great lessons | | www.faithtree.com | from those who braced themselves | | GNU/Linux News: | against you and disputed the | | www.ofb.biz | passage with you? --Walt Whitman | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/BkMjK37Cns9gJ0gRArYBAJwN8qmiklzfGBCSVPW7RgclXqdDAwCbB00S FJorW8vrLoJVrx2gmbvhakg= =u4cY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected] http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent OfB.biz: Open for Business, KDE or the author's employer.