As much as I agree with the sentiments regarding who is the true victim (I have no sympathy at all for the violent criminals), I can see the logic. Not that sitting on death row for 20+ years is cruel and unusual, but that CA must expedite the process. Hopefully, this ruling will force the issue, and we will be determined to get those convicts to form a line at ol sparky and start clearing out the dead wood.
If we are going to have a death penalty (which I am for), let's make it a one appeal/one year process. Or, we could do a "preponderance of guilt" law where in this digital age, if there is irrefutable proof of guilt (camera footage for example), you are fast-tracked to the great beyond. I object to paying the MASSIVE amount of money to keep these felons alive for decades until they die of old age.
The dang anti-death penalty people have been successful in putting enough obstacles in the way for this ruling to have some merit. And givin our governor and legislature, I don't have much hope for aggressive punishment of criminals. they are too busy figuring out ways to criminalize normal behavior to deal with true evil.
Firing squad works and is cheap. Same for hanging. I know. Let's submit a plan for a solar powered electric chair built of bamboo with a recycled aluminum headpiece. We'll give a homeless guy 3 hots and a cot for throwing the switch. Put it on pay per view and give the proceeds to the victim's family. That will blow the libs minds!
Ideally, the victim's family would decide the felons method of exit from this plane. Hmmmm....plane....gives me another idea. Fly the felon out over the Pacific at 10k feet and show him the door a few miles offshore. No suffering, and he could help feed the endangered ecosystems...
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