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Fine. And I suggest that you volunteer to take responsiblity for any violent criminal that is parolled and kills again.

I would so volunteer if I were in favor of the indicated paroles.

Not, though, a bad challenge to those who are in favor of such paroles. Taking responsibility is the key here. Taking responsibility is not limited to those who've managed to get indicted for something.

I see you responded. Not good enough, however. You're going to have to live in the real world, as opposed to your dream world, where convicted killers really do spend the rest of their lives in jail.

Who cares what you "favor". The reality is that convicted killers ARE paroled, frequently. "Life in prison" is a joke, and always will be, so long as the left has a say in how we run our penal institutions.

Is there ever a case for capital punishment in your world view, or will you have to suffer a more personal loss before you change your mind?

I would so volunteer if I were in favor of the indicated paroles.

Nope. If you want us to take responsibility for what the justice system does regarding putting a perp to death, you have to be responsible for actions the justice system takes with regarding to paroling a murderer.

This is about the judgement of the justice system, not your judgement.

So you are saying that a person convicted of a heinous offense is not responsble for commiting that offense?

Are you trying to say that "it takes a villiage" to commit a gruesom murder?

Or maybe that it's not really Mr. Murderer's fault, that it's "society's" fault?

I'll be forthright with you. Our justice system is slanted toward the accused. The defense attorney gets to see all of the evidence that the prosecution has, while the prosecution has no idea what the defense is going to bring up. The defense is allowed to lie, twist evidence and mislead the jury.

With all of those advantages, if some schmuck manages to get himself caught up in a capital rap and can't plea bargain down to a lesser offense, then he's not exactly a bonus for the gene pool.

It would suck if someone got fried that didn't have it coming. But then, most people that get their brains blown out over $13.56 or strangled because they are 8 years old and cute didn't have it coming either.

You can take steps to ensure that as few mistakes as possible are made, but you can't save everyone. People like you who whine about the one or two people in 3 decades that have possibly been innocent and were executed are the ones who have been responsible for backlogging the system with appeals and lawsuits to the point that criminals are walking the streets, looking for their next victim, when they ought to have a date with Old Sparky.