Senate Bill 19

**tenngolfer** · 2 Weeks Ago

I'm generally in line with Dana Jean, guido, and Tery on the subject. Which means I do not think I have any kind perfect answer, because the circumstances of each case are different. Since we live in a finite world with limited resources, I would point out some of the costs in a different manner. The time from booking to execution continues to grow. I understand that costs are now $50,000+ per year to house an inmate. If they are there for 20 years (which is getting more common) that is $1,000,000 in expenses (and the longer they stay the more it piles up). Notice the chart on this site.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/time-death-row

Is it better to house and feed the innocent hungry, or house and feed killers, many with no remorse for their crime? I have a feeling if budget cuts continue, we, as a society, may have to revist this question with a different perspective. And if not death, is there something more creative as an answer, as sometimes is written about in near future sci-fi books.

**mjs9153** · 2 Weeks Ago

I think we need to invent some kind of giant human bug zapper,and in cases where there is no doubt and the crime is heinous,the offender is zapped within six months...ZZZZZZZTTTTTTT!!!!!

**fljoe0** · 2 Weeks Ago

I'm generally opposed to the death penalty. Not for any moral reasons but more for practical reasons. You'll never find me outside a prison at a candlelight vigil for one of these guys but there are many things about the death penalty that don't work.

First off, Tiny is right - Justice should not be about revenge.

The cost of going through all of this and the burden it puts on the victims families. After all of this expense and pain, very few actually get executed.

I also think it adversely affects the outcome of some trials when the prosecution is waving it around at trial. I think the Casey Anthony trial is one. This could be fixed, however if the death penalty was taken out of the jury's hands and put solely in the judge's hands at sentencing. No mention of it at all until sentencing, then the jury has no idea if there is any chance for the death penalty or not.

We (the US) are way to pig-headed about this. There was a case I read about a few years ago where we had some serial rapist-murderer that escaped to Mexico. The Mexican government found him and was perfectly willing to extradite the guy providing we didn't exercise the death penalty. We refused to take him under those conditions. How freaking stupid is that?

Those are a few reasons that come to mind.

**Tiny** · 4 Days Ago

The state of Delaware (where all the zipCodes start with 19) has
passes a gay marriage bill. This is good news for our
bi-polar state . now we just need to get rid of the death penalty.
the bill to get rid of it is named : Senate Bill 19

I am not kidding .

**guido tkp** · 3 Days Ago

yes...but...you are goating us on

yes...i'll go that far...and further for a bad pun

...on the other hand...marriage can be a little like a death penalty