I’d just like a little consistency. Even scumbags who don’t manage to escape justice are treated differently. My state (Kansas) has a dozen people on death row...yet has not executed anybody since 1965. So even a death sentence is unequally administered among different jurisdictions.
In one recent case, in a small county, the county commission had to authorize a sizeable property tax increase, in order to conduct a death penalty trial. He was convicted...and I’m quite sure he will die in prison in around 40 years. It leads to the question - why not do some plea deal for life in prison, and skip the expense of the trial?
Around 8 years ago, our state had to defend its death penalty statute at the SCOTUS level...and its been challenged again. All that uncertainty makes one thing very certain: nobody will be executed in Kansas for decades. I’m just astonished that there isn’t some model ordinance and model amendment to a state’s constitution that can be adopted, to bring more certainty to the process.
If the death penalty weren’t effective, then why do so many of them appeal their sentences?
I understand your frustration at the inequitable application of capital punishment, but that is an issue for your state legislators, not those in Texas, Georgia, or the courts.
“..the county commission had to authorize a sizeable property tax increase, in order to conduct a death penalty trial.”
I have heard the argument about how expensive it is for all of the retrials and stuff related to death penalty verdicts as well. It is actually cheaper to put them away for life!