[mtbrandon49]

They don't need a 2 year moratorium. I read somwhere that the a death row inmate serves between 8-12 years on death row. That should be plenty of time to prove their innocence or guilt. This thing passed the NC Senate last week. The bill was introduced by a Carrboro Lawyer (about as liberal as it gets).

[IronJack]

They pulled this here in Nebraska. It stalled several executions for two more years. Two more years these parasites fed on our society. The pretext was racial discrimination (isn't it always?) in the application of the death penalty. Even now, after a study found no evidence of racial bias, the quibbling continues over the method (Nebraska is the only state to still use "Ole Sparky" -- the electric chair).

We've got four clowns on The Row for multiple murders during a failed bank robbery in Norfolk a year and a half ago. But there are doubts they'll ever see the hangman (or the electrician, to be precise).

[azhenfud]

Better policy, I think, would be to return the convicted to the area the crime was committed in and publicly execute them. The entire purpose of executions is not merely eye-for-eye satisfaction, but as a deterrant to future crime - which can't be if they are done in "sanitized" conditions but would have high effect if done publicly. If we're going to use the D.P. as levied by open courts, it should NEVER be where the action taken in the people's name is done secretly.