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why does this savage not face the death penalty?
http://news.sky.com/h...news/article/16196933
I thought Florida had the death penalty!
I thought Florida had the death penalty!
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Again from wikipedia
<<Under the federal criminal code, however, with respect to offenses committed after December 1, 1987, parole has been abolished for all sentences handed down by the federal system, including life sentences, so a life sentence from a federal court will result in imprisonment for the life of the defendant, unless a pardon or reprieve is granted by the President.>>
<<Under the federal criminal code, however, with respect to offenses committed after December 1, 1987, parole has been abolished for all sentences handed down by the federal system, including life sentences, so a life sentence from a federal court will result in imprisonment for the life of the defendant, unless a pardon or reprieve is granted by the President.>>
Perhaps the real bloodthirsty ghouls are the ones that allow the murder of innocents because they refuse to deal with the guilty. We all fear the death of an innocent at the hands of the state but our lack of action insures the death of countless innocents at the hands of savages because we provide no effective deterrent somehow that seems to be fine for the handwringers. However if life meant life then I would be happy to not have state execution.
If you condone state sanctioned murder, a you not on the same level as the murderer.
In abstract argument its easy to say kill them, but could you do it? I mean could you personaly be the person who drops the trap or throws the switch?
Incarceration for life or give them the choice, but no state sanctioned murder.
In abstract argument its easy to say kill them, but could you do it? I mean could you personaly be the person who drops the trap or throws the switch?
Incarceration for life or give them the choice, but no state sanctioned murder.
<<because we provide no effective deterrent somehow that seems to be fine for the handwringers>>
If state killing or incarceration without parole is such an effective deterrent in your mind, how do you explain the relatively high murder and crime levels in places like florida or indeed other parts of the usa?
If state killing or incarceration without parole is such an effective deterrent in your mind, how do you explain the relatively high murder and crime levels in places like florida or indeed other parts of the usa?
Being pedantic - I know - but if it is state sanctioned it cannot, by definition, be murder. Equally, if it is state sanctioned, and therefore legal, it does not put a supporter on the same level as the murderer because the supporter is supporting something that is legal.
Clearly you are using the word 'murder' because it conjures a powerful image, but I don't think it helps in a debate.
Personally, I'd hate to see the death penalty return to the UK - I struggle with the thought of taking a life - but I would dearly love to see whole life sentances.
Clearly you are using the word 'murder' because it conjures a powerful image, but I don't think it helps in a debate.
Personally, I'd hate to see the death penalty return to the UK - I struggle with the thought of taking a life - but I would dearly love to see whole life sentances.
Nothing is a deterent for everyone. I would say the death penalty deters most. How many murders would their be in these places without it? Put it another way how many murders where there in 1960? They all made the news, now days it's so common that many don't even make the nationals. So what is causing the massive increase in murders today?
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