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If Life Sentence is Worse than Death Penalty, Why do Tookie's Fans Seek it for Him? [Vanity]
governsleastgovernsbest
Posted on 11/27/2005 5:22:21 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Good Sunday morning, my friend...a few disjointed observations..
1. How can this guy ask for clemency while still processing his innocence? If he has indeed turned his life around, the first step would be admitting what he did.
2. Death row inmates in California, where it talks what, 20-30 years, if ever, to get executed, have far better conditions and privileges than lifers who are in the general prison population.
3. Instead of wasting years, and millions of taxpayers' $$$$ on these endless appeals, I would rather support life without parole, and give the $$ to the victims' families.
4. Anyone remember Karla Fay Tucker?
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posted on
11/27/2005 6:26:53 AM PST
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
To: Thermalseeker
This is one area where O'Rielly makes some sense. We should go deep into Alaska and create a prison for the lifers from all 50 states. In order for them to survive, they have to grow their own food. Escape? Not likely, but if you do either the cold, the bears or the 'skeeters will get you. No Posse needed Great idea. better yet, to defray costs We should sell t.v. rights and start "penal colony survivor: Alaska"
Just kidding about the tv thing, but what would be wrong with a penal colony, one that is self sustaining (you know, like most prisons used to be)
CC
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posted on
11/27/2005 6:30:27 AM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(Billy Tauzin about Louisiana: "half the state is under water, the other half is under indictment")
To: ken5050
How can this guy ask for clemency while still processing his innocence?Good point.
As to the cost and time involved in implementing the death penalty, wouldn't another solution be to streamline the process?
In fact, though, I'm not a huge death penalty fan. But I certainly believe our society has a right to impose it if that's what the people, via their elected representatives, want.
To: governsleastgovernsbest
But if the elected reps circumvent the will of the people, then the argument will of course be made in other states that the death penalty is being applied capriciously...IOW, all things being equal..the same crime that gets you killed in Texas does not get you executed in Cal..
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posted on
11/27/2005 6:33:55 AM PST
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
To: KateatRFM
Because the next step will be to demand he be freed. Bingo. First the death penalty is "too cruel." Then life in prison is "too cruel," etc. The left's dream is to destabilize society by having violent criminals be given a few months of "counselling" and then let loose on society.
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posted on
11/27/2005 6:34:12 AM PST
by
Wilhelm Tell
(True or False? This is not a tag line.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Also he can continue to rape weaker inmates and assault
more guards...
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posted on
11/27/2005 6:37:45 AM PST
by
joesnuffy
(A camel once bit my sister...necessitating her untimely death..-Mullet Omar)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Short answer? The Left is enamored of death. Their values are twisted. That's why they can champion life for a mass murderer while yawning as an innocent woman is starved to death. Go figure.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
11/27/2005 6:57:30 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
To: Sociopathocracy
not to mention his security level will be reduced
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posted on
11/27/2005 7:04:10 AM PST
by
bdfromlv
(Leavenworth hard time)
To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
that guy committed suicide and got his due.
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posted on
11/27/2005 7:06:21 AM PST
by
bdfromlv
(Leavenworth hard time)
To: ken5050
that would be a good one, give the money that automatic appeals for a death penalty generate for lawyers to the victims families and put the felon in general population for the rest of is life.
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posted on
11/27/2005 7:09:14 AM PST
by
bdfromlv
(Leavenworth hard time)
To: Sociopathocracy
What qualifies one to be a prison consultant?Reading a couple of books, going to a couple of lectures, maybe taking a tour of a prison or two, going to the right cocktail parties.
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posted on
11/27/2005 8:10:48 AM PST
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Because then they can lobby for Tookie and other criminals to be released when they're old and sick -- there's a thread on this today, about how it's "uncompassionate" to keep prisoners in jail for life, and costs too much money.
A free society can't remain free unless it executes its worse offenders. Execution solves several problems that would otherwise cause the disintegration of society.
1. Witnesses no longer have to fear for their lives.
2. Killers can't escape and kill again.
3. Killers can't control other inmates.
4. Killers can't control people on the outside.
5. Killers are less apt to become popular icons.
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posted on
11/27/2005 8:27:29 PM PST
by
webboy45
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