Peterson given death

[Formula1]

I don't believe in the death panalty and just about any case. Probably life in prison is more fitting.

[j2k4]

It would actually cost the state less to keep him in prison for life than go through all the appeals etc. involved as a safety net.... But then thank goodness that the appeal system is there as was proven a few weeks ago when an innocent man was realeased after 20 years on death row.

Substitute "could" for "would" and that might fly, but as Peterson is a relative youngster, I rather doubt it.

This is not to diminish the outrageous cost of the appeals process.

As an aside, it occurs to me the legal system ought to accomodate a malpractice tort for victims of bad lawyering.

[ziggyjuarez]

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[Arm]

Just kill his worthless ass. Who really cares? Well not me.

[Busyman]

I don't believe in the death panalty and just about any case. Probably life in prison is more fitting.

I would take a more radical approach.....

Exile to a habitable island.

No Escape springs to mind.

That way they are not being killed by the government and they are sent away from our lives.

[dwightfry]

I would take a more radical approach.....

Exile to a habitable island.

No Escape springs to mind.

That way they are not being killed by the government and they are sent away from our lives.

Yeah, we need another australia. (That is what happened, is it not?)

Just kill his worthless ass. Who really cares? Well not me.

I fear the day you are put on a jury

How about someone giving me one peice of hard evidence convicting the guy?

[RPerry]

How about the bodies floating up about 2 miles from where he said he went fishing ? Why did he sneak about with different cars to the Berkley marina several times after the seach there started ? talk about returning to the scene of the crime

[Smurfette]

How about the bodies floating up about 2 miles from where he said he went fishing ? Why did he sneak about with different cars to the Berkley marina several times after the seach there started ? talk about returning to the scene of the crime

WTF? That's not hard evidence, it's circumstantial.
How many other people were within 2 miles of the place the bodies showed up? People do all sorts of things for all sorts of reasons, and one person's 'sneaking about' is another's strolling around.
So, for an Englishman completely untainted by press and courtroom imagery, can you offer some irrevocable evidence to even link him to the crime?

[S!X]

Motherfuckers allways get whats commin to them in the end.

[Smurfette]

Motherfuckers allways get whats commin to them in the end.

I unblocked you for that?
The big problem is that they don't - and there are more than a few cases of the wrong motherfucker getting what should be 'coming to' the real perpetrator.

A few years ago 'Dubbya' refused to commute the death sentence for a man (who was executed some days later) convicted on the evidence of one witness the other side of the street from the crime, even after several witnesses that were much closer to the event had given evidence stating that he was not the man they saw committing the offence.
If I can find a link I'll post it.

HERE

And HERE

The evidence was ambiguous. Graham was condemned to death on the basis of testimony by a single eyewitness, Bernadine Skillern, who acknowledged that she only saw the assailant for two seconds at a distance of 30 to 40 feet. There was also evidence that Skillern was coached by police, who showed her a photo array of possible suspects, before being asked to review a real-life lineup. The only suspect in both lineups was Graham. Another witness who said he also saw the shooter did not pick Graham out of the lineup. But this witness and a second exculpatory witness were never interviewed by Graham's lawyer and neither testified at Graham's trial. There were so many questions about Graham's guilt and his incompetent representation that even the somnambulant Board of Pardons and Paroles produced five votes recommending that the death sentence be commuted to life in prison.