Posted on Aug 13, 2015
Connecticut Rules Death Penalty Is Unconstitutional. How Do You Feel About The Death Penalty?
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The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the state's death penalty is unconstitutional. The deeply divided court's 4-3 ruling will affect the 11 inmates currently on the state's death row.
Lawmakers repealed the state's death penalty in 2012, but stipulated it only applied to future crimes. Plaintiffs in Thursday's case had argued the 2012 ban should also extend to prisoners already on death row.
The Supreme Court agreed to take up the law's prospective issue when it granted a request by Eduardo Santiago, whose death sentence was overturned two months after the repeal took effect. (Connecticut Department of Corrections)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/08/13/death-penalty-connecticut_n_7983488.html
Lawmakers repealed the state's death penalty in 2012, but stipulated it only applied to future crimes. Plaintiffs in Thursday's case had argued the 2012 ban should also extend to prisoners already on death row.
The Supreme Court agreed to take up the law's prospective issue when it granted a request by Eduardo Santiago, whose death sentence was overturned two months after the repeal took effect. (Connecticut Department of Corrections)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/08/13/death-penalty-connecticut_n_7983488.html
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Seems to me if you purposely and maliciously murder people out or pure evil desire, you cannot be trusted to be free to kill again and again at your every opportunity just because you like to, and since you were caught, seems you should either work for your upkeep or be executed because we shouldn't have to pay for your upkeep, and you should be held accountable to pay repreation to the survivors for what you took then be executed.
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SSG Eddye Royal
I believe in the death penalty for this reason, I was on AD in FT. Hood, Tx. July/ August 1991 when they had the Lubby’s killer. Me and a friend, another soldier from 1st CAV almost went in there to eat.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
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I'm kind of an eye for an eye kind of guy so believe in it. Unfortunately if anyone views it as a deterrent it has failed completely in that aspect.
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I figure if someone is guilty of killing someone in cold blood, they know what’s coming if they get caught. I figure they just don’t care about anything but killing.
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I believe that the concept of executing criminals for heinous crimes is correct, however the way it is handled in our legal system is a debacle, as is our justice and prison system in general. Never minding the travesty in states, looking at the US Military's death row we haven't executed a single death row inmate since 1961, (and the crimes he was executed for, rape and attempted murder, are no longer capital crimes).
There are 6 men on death Row, the shortest time being there is 8 years and the longest is 30 years.
Handing down the death sentence all but guarantees a long drawn own process that costs taxpayers millions of dollars due to the appeals process and heightened security with no guarantee the prisoner won't succumb to old age before they are executed.
In my opinion a person sentenced to death should have their appeals heard and either have the sentence commuted, reduced or be acquitted within two years. If not they should be excuted.
There are 6 men on death Row, the shortest time being there is 8 years and the longest is 30 years.
Handing down the death sentence all but guarantees a long drawn own process that costs taxpayers millions of dollars due to the appeals process and heightened security with no guarantee the prisoner won't succumb to old age before they are executed.
In my opinion a person sentenced to death should have their appeals heard and either have the sentence commuted, reduced or be acquitted within two years. If not they should be excuted.
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If I were the convict, I would choose death over life in prison without the possibility of parole.
If I had my druthers, I would make lifer's row a 8x8 cell without a window or any form of furniture. The walls would be covered with a photograph of their victim(s). The lighting would never change. Once they entered the cell, they would be bolted in, never to leave alive again. The toilet would be a six inch circular hole that led to a holding tank that was flushed once per day. If they fouled their cell, tough. They would drink nothing but water from a spigot. They would eat once a day, every meal would be the same blended loaf of flavorless nutrient that fell from a chute, served without utensils. There would be nothing to do except think, sleep, eat, and rage in boredom and frustration. Their life would be streamed on the internet and the transmission cut anytime their activity was unsuitable for viewing.
Cruel and unusual...? Yes, but my wishful imagination is not constrained by the Constitution.
If I had my druthers, I would make lifer's row a 8x8 cell without a window or any form of furniture. The walls would be covered with a photograph of their victim(s). The lighting would never change. Once they entered the cell, they would be bolted in, never to leave alive again. The toilet would be a six inch circular hole that led to a holding tank that was flushed once per day. If they fouled their cell, tough. They would drink nothing but water from a spigot. They would eat once a day, every meal would be the same blended loaf of flavorless nutrient that fell from a chute, served without utensils. There would be nothing to do except think, sleep, eat, and rage in boredom and frustration. Their life would be streamed on the internet and the transmission cut anytime their activity was unsuitable for viewing.
Cruel and unusual...? Yes, but my wishful imagination is not constrained by the Constitution.
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The POS grining like the joke is on us. The joke is going to be on him if Connecticut ends up giving him the chair or they juice him.
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When caught red-handed and convicted or after a guilty plea, the penalty should be carried out immediately!
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"How Do You Feel About The Death Penalty?"
I feel that, properly used, it is a great tool to improve the gene pool, at least at the margin. It is underutilized. IMV it should also be a punishment for child molesters and child abusers. Don't ask me how I feel about the Connecticut Supreme Court and their ruling ...
I feel that, properly used, it is a great tool to improve the gene pool, at least at the margin. It is underutilized. IMV it should also be a punishment for child molesters and child abusers. Don't ask me how I feel about the Connecticut Supreme Court and their ruling ...
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I am in favor of the death penalty in terms of deterrent even more than punishment. But, in our great country, we have a significant problem with the death penalty. Many states are slow to execute and doing so only after dozens of years of legal wrangling co(that is You and I) many millions of dollars. In California, more death row inmates die of old age or disease than by lethal injection (which is another story.) In many jurisdictions we are seeing the anti-gun agenda reigning over common sense while at the same time fighting to end the capital punishment. A dichotomy in the extreme - one that plays with the lives of honest law abiding citizens. May this is not completely on point but this is my truth.
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SSG Eddye Royal
I believe in the death penalty for this reason, I was on AD in FT. Hood, Tx. July/ August 1991 when they had the Lubby’s killer. Me and a friend, another soldier from 1st CAV almost went in there to eat.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
I will never forget that, the people lost there lives just to sit and eat for lunch. Now we “COUNTRY” is lock in a LEGAL or LEGISLATIVE Igbo with NRA, that show not be. I say where is the common sense to this, we should be able to say if you are deamed sain, then Government has the right to take life. I also look to the Bible.
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