[claudiustg]

He should be swinging from a rope in the town square.

[claptrap]

Harlan should be surgically altered to match his surviving victims condition, then he should be brutally raped by his fellow inmates. Only in a perfect world.

[muawiyah]

The odds are the type of killer up for the death sentence is going to kill someone else if he's merely sentenced to prison.

The killing will occur in prison and the victim will be someone in jail for a non-violent crime, or a prison guard or other person doing work there, maybe even a missionary.

The judges know this, so whether they send the killer to Old Sparky to turn him or her into a crispy critter, they've actually condemned someone else to death.

[little jeremiah]

Moral Absolutes Ping.

A very bad decision. Reading the Bible should certainly have no bearing on the jury's decision being valid. Total and utter idiocy. What if the jurors remembered Biblical or other religious teachings? What if jurors believed in the Bible (or other scriptures?) Why just consider an actual Bible verboten? If this is legitimate, then eventually only atheists and secularists will be fit jurors.

Freepmail me if you want on/off this pinglist.

All murderers and forcible rapists should be executed. Anything less is cruelty to the innocent.

[Fido969]

"It was reversed because jurors brought something from the outside," Lord said. "It was a serious error of the law."

So, he's saying hat they can't use a Bible because it wasn't introduced during the trial?

Well, pinhead, what did the witnesses swear to tell the truth on? What do you think THAT was about, idiot?

[metmom]

In March, the Colorado Supreme Court overturned the 41-year-old’s death sentence because jurors consulted the Bible during sentencing. The U.S. Supreme Court sided with that decision, preventing prosecutors from seeking the death penalty again.

Isn't the BIBLE what they swear on "to tell the truth, the whole thruth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God."? (or something to that effect) How can you expect people to swear on the Bible and then tell them they can't consult it to make a decision?

[Prime Choice]

So let me see if I've got this right...when you're sworn in, it must be on a Bible...but you may not cite that same Bible in deliberations.

What the hell is this anti-Christian bullcrap?

[Clintonfatigued]

I don't get it. The Supreme Court uses laws in foreign countries can be used to make rulings in legal proceedings in the United States, but claims that using the Bible goes against the Constitution.

How can that make sense to anybody?

[little jeremiah]

Here's another article, slightly more info:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543813/posts
Man Once On Death Row Gets Sentenced To Life In Prison (Bible used by juror)

[jordan8]

Here is an article on this crime, with a Second Ammendment twist.