[frank ballenger]

The number of prison escapees in the US varies each year. Generally 2100 to 2800.//////////////////////

So it is possible the soft on crime “no death penalty” legislation in most states has allowed the public to be endangered again from the escape (or parole) of rapists, muggers, child molesters and murderers who would have been eliminate by execution otherwise.

I consider that immoral.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

The number of prison escapees in the US varies each year. Generally 2100 to 2800.//////////////////////

So it is possible the soft on crime “no death penalty” legislation in most states has allowed the public to be endangered again
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I wasn’t aware of those escapee figures, and I’m surprised there are that many. As far as endangering the public repetitively, I don’t see how it could be otherwise!

[Mr. Lucky]

Indiana has a death penalty statute, although it is rarely prosecuted all the way to the ideath chamber. The jury must find one of 18 enumerated circumstances to exist before recommending the death penalty, but one of those happens to be the killing of a police officer in his line of duty. If the jury unanimously recommends the death penalty, the judge must impose the sentence.

The vast majority of death penalty eligible cases end up with plea agreements with a sentence of life without parole.