Re: Watch What You Say In Texas
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:37 am
Very well thought out and presented Chabouk.
The death penalty can never be applied in a fair and justified way in an imperfect society. Recent reports have shown that each state spends and average of 10 million dollars more to execute and individual versus the cost of a lifetime of incarceration. If it is cheaper to lock them up for life than execute then I just don't get it. I don't think the U.S. will be executing people much longer. Most developed nations have done away with Capital punishment. Cases like Todd Willingham's are certainly helping fuel that change. I also think this case will be Perry's downfall unless he changes his mind and actually discloses what he and his staff did in the hours before the execution. Somehow just saying he was a monster and a bad man and deserved to be executed won't cut it with most Texans... He is playing right into Hutchinson's hands and I like it!
The death penalty can never be applied in a fair and justified way in an imperfect society. Recent reports have shown that each state spends and average of 10 million dollars more to execute and individual versus the cost of a lifetime of incarceration. If it is cheaper to lock them up for life than execute then I just don't get it. I don't think the U.S. will be executing people much longer. Most developed nations have done away with Capital punishment. Cases like Todd Willingham's are certainly helping fuel that change. I also think this case will be Perry's downfall unless he changes his mind and actually discloses what he and his staff did in the hours before the execution. Somehow just saying he was a monster and a bad man and deserved to be executed won't cut it with most Texans... He is playing right into Hutchinson's hands and I like it!