He’s on death row for 41 years? Why even have a death penalty? Sorry, needs to be changed to 2 trials. The second trial is held 60 days after the first one If the outcme of the 2nd trial is the same as the first, 90 min appeal to the govenor. If he doesn’t override it, take him out to the prison yard and give him 5 mins to make peace, then a hollowpoint to the head. Done. Screw the ACLU!
Not even reasonable. Often evidence is suppressed for years by the prosecutor’s office. Unless the second trial is in another county with a prosecutor from a different party from the first, this is a total non-starter. There should also be a reasonable length of time between the two trials so public pressure is no longer a factor. There was a very recent trial where a man was convicted simply because of the mob, so there is that too.
There are a LOT of folks in jail who are there only because of over-charging and plea deals, and your quick bullet to the head wouldn’t help that one bit.
It is absurd.
Some “conservative” or libertarians decry the death penalty as ineffective.
They are wrong. It’s the OPERATIONAL APPROACH that is ineffective.
Timeliness matters in punishment. If the perp goes on able to appeal again and again, and the execution is strung out for years anyway, it loses its sting. In all that time, besides, the perp might even escape! Never mind win appeal.
It wasn’t just the death penalty that was highly effective in preventing crime, it was the TIMELINESS of it.