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Lawmakers repealed the state's death penalty in 2012, but stipulated it only applied to future crimes.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Lawmakers repealed the state's death penalty in 2012, but stipulated it only applied to future crimes.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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Under utilized is what I think of he death penalty. I'm all for a fair trial but then, carry out the punishment. Anyone that has served in the Middle East has probably had the opportunity to see the public hangings (Kuwait). Not that we need to do it in public, but it might add a slight deterrent effect. Even if it doesn't, just carry out the sentence.
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If the capital punishment penalty were incorporated into the state constitution then it would require a 2/3 vote of the citizens to change. Leaving it as a rule (or regulation) allows state legislatures to make changes without the consent of the people - at least until the next election. It is a shame we have to deal with activist courts and activist legislatures that circumvent the wishes of the electorate on an almost daily basis. The death penalty is almost never used in cases where there is even the slightest chance of behavior modification as far as I can tell - although in years past that wasn't always the case. I do believe penalties were more or less severe based on race, which is a crime unto itself.
So, I support the state's rights to establish and enforce a death penalty in some cases, but I really want it to be the option of last resort.
So, I support the state's rights to establish and enforce a death penalty in some cases, but I really want it to be the option of last resort.
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It is the tax payer who must support the people on death row for decades. Charles Manson a prime example. We're being taxed to death to provide for incarceration of those who were sentenced to death, but that takes decades and many die of natural causes while victoms and there families suffer from the lack of swift justice.
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I believe in it 100% and if he was convicted then by god they should carry it out and stop all this bull of appeals and just carry out the punishment.. the court ruling is a forest and the 4 judges who voted it was unconstitutional need to be voted out as they are out of there minds...
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The Death penalty... Does anyone else find it interesting how Liberals are Anti Death penalty and Pro Abortion, and Conservatives are Pro Death penalty and Anti-Abortion....
Be honest they are two sides of the same coin, you are taking a life.
In the case of the Death Penalty I am for it.
how ever I think we need some changes in our legal system. First is an independent review by third parties where all evidence and the case is reviewed in a blind environment. This would best serve justice as too many high profile cases are tried in public opinion. I would also like to see a law passed that said if there are 3 of 4 defining pieces of evidence you don't get more than one appeal. The 4 defining criteria are (DNA, Video / Audio, 3 or more eye witness, Motive and opportunity.)
I would also like to see a law passed that says if you bring false accusations that net someone prison time or the death penalty you will be given the same amount of punishment they did or received. (i.e they do 5 years in prison you do 5 years in prison, they get killed in prison you get the death penalty) We have seen to many cases where someone got put in prison only to be exonerated 10, 20, or 30 years later because the accuser recanted and said they made it all up. I knew a women that accused a black man of rapping her because she didn't want to admit to her white family she had consensual sex with him. Luckily he had txt messages from her that proved she was lying. But with out that he could have spent time in prison.
Be honest they are two sides of the same coin, you are taking a life.
In the case of the Death Penalty I am for it.
how ever I think we need some changes in our legal system. First is an independent review by third parties where all evidence and the case is reviewed in a blind environment. This would best serve justice as too many high profile cases are tried in public opinion. I would also like to see a law passed that said if there are 3 of 4 defining pieces of evidence you don't get more than one appeal. The 4 defining criteria are (DNA, Video / Audio, 3 or more eye witness, Motive and opportunity.)
I would also like to see a law passed that says if you bring false accusations that net someone prison time or the death penalty you will be given the same amount of punishment they did or received. (i.e they do 5 years in prison you do 5 years in prison, they get killed in prison you get the death penalty) We have seen to many cases where someone got put in prison only to be exonerated 10, 20, or 30 years later because the accuser recanted and said they made it all up. I knew a women that accused a black man of rapping her because she didn't want to admit to her white family she had consensual sex with him. Luckily he had txt messages from her that proved she was lying. But with out that he could have spent time in prison.
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It is an absurdity that the death penalty would be deemed unconstitutional since it was used as a penalty for some crimes when the document was drafted. The fifth amendment even contemplates the loss of "life and limb" as a punishment.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
The courts have surpassed their authority (once again) by making the death sentence "unconstitutional". It was a legal punishment, the founders had no trepidation about it. There should be an amendment to the Constitution to make it illegal if that is what they want but hey know it will never pass so the courts play with the law for their own "progressive" purposes.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
The courts have surpassed their authority (once again) by making the death sentence "unconstitutional". It was a legal punishment, the founders had no trepidation about it. There should be an amendment to the Constitution to make it illegal if that is what they want but hey know it will never pass so the courts play with the law for their own "progressive" purposes.
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