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Thread ID: 80015 2007-06-08 16:52:00 Our National Shame Is Over! (US) SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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557406 2007-06-10 04:48:00 Minor offence - deserves community service or a couple of days in prison at the worst. 45 days though is probably considered a sensible sentence by some. Twelvevolts (5457)
557407 2007-06-10 05:57:00 Whipped a fair part of your excellent explanation out . Thank you for your comments . What happens with the death penalty in any State?

States are at liberty to execute capitol criminals as they see fit . . but there's a lot of controversy over that .

Civil libertarians say that death is too painful . . no matter what technique is used . These people also forget how painful it was for the victims to die too .

John Birchers (the other extreme) say that death penalties are not supposed to be comfortable and coddle the committee .

Most states still have the death penalty on the books, and don't forget that the Federal Govt does too .

If the criminal goes to a state with the death penalty . . . actually the chances of it being carried out before the criminal expires of natural causes is pretty remote .

If the criminal is in a non-death penalty state or jurisdiction . . he will be out of prison once he is "rehabilitated" even if he killed 20 or more people .

Most federal death sentences are not carried out as the appeals and counter suits and evidential sub-trials go on long after the pronouncement of execution is handed down . That again is the situation where the prisoner has a better chance of living to a ripe old age and never being executed . . . but dying of natural causes .

We also have the "Three strikes law" in California . . . some other states have it too . . but I don't know which ones at the moment .
SurferJoe46 (51)
557408 2007-06-10 06:00:00 I have never understood why, in the case of otherwise unresolvable situations (no witnesses other than the accused) the use of truth drugs has not been authorised .



Billy 8-{) :xmouth:

Here's why:

If the person involved in the crime is placed into a drugged state, he is not then cognizant of his civil rights .

One can not be found guilty if they don't understand their right to refuse to answer . . . . and refusal under those conditions is not a viable option to the person charged .
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