I would like to see a special fast track legal process for cop killers. One month to trial. One appeal. Execution the next day.
I would like to see fewer state legislatures thumbing their collective noses at the Constitutional provision of "equal protection under the law." I'm not a big fan of protected classes whether they're wearing blue or lavender.
One month to trial. One appeal. Execution the next day.
I don't mind this solution, but it should be applied in all aggravated murder convictions... not just those where the victim is a special class.
I have posted many times that the man who tried to assassinate Franklin Roosevelt was tried & executed in 37 days. He killed the mayor of Chicago (Anton Cermak) who was in the automobile.
The Soviets - and I don't know it still holds under the Russians - and what I thought was a good setup. If found guilty of a capital crime, the case went automatically to a special Supreme Court of appeals that only reviewed capital cases. It was a very short turn-around time and once found guilty, the prisoner was taken to the courtyard of the prison, and executed.