posted on December 13, 2004 01:51:28 PM new
Jury recomends DEATH
Americans again prove Pres Bush is the best man for the job
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." --John Stuart Mill
posted on December 13, 2004 02:14:30 PM new
Bear, I was pretty sure that's what they'd come back with. Did you think that?
Being againt the death penalty, I think it's sad news, even though I believe he's guilty. LWOP would have been more suitable in this particular case, imo.
posted on December 13, 2004 06:24:24 PM new
He'll outlive most of us.
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posted on December 13, 2004 06:42:15 PM new
They said that with the death penalty he would probably live longer than if he got life without parole... they said he would be protected in solitary confinement on Death row.. but if he was serving life out among the inmates, he would probably be killed within the year...
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posted on December 13, 2004 06:53:52 PM new
Classic, I don't know what they do in CA, only lived there for a short time. I live in WA, and I believe the person on death row gets a choice; hanging or lethal injection, and yes, some do opt for hanging.
Before they came up with the lethal injection, it was just hanging. Hey but Utah? I believe still has the firing squad on the books, unbelieveably.....
"In January 1993, a new law went into effect allowing inmates to choose lethal injection or lethal gas as the method of execution. In August 1993, condemned inmate David Mason was executed after voluntarily waiving his federal appeals. Because Mason did not choose a method of execution, he was put to death by lethal gas, as the law then stipulated.
In October 1994, a U.S. District Judge, Northern District (San Francisco) ruled that the gas chamber was cruel and unusual punishment, barring the state from using that method of execution. That ruling was upheld by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in February, 1996.
That same year, the Penal Code was modified to state that if either manner of execution is held invalid, the punishment of death shall be imposed by the alternative means. The law further stipulated that lethal injection become the "default" method of execution should an inmate fail to choose. Serial killer William Bonin was executed on February 23, 1996 by lethal injection, the first California execution using that method."
posted on December 13, 2004 07:27:06 PM new
Kraft, I was surprised when they found him guilty, but wasn't when they recommended the death penalty.
Americans again prove Pres Bush is the best man for the job
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." --John Stuart Mill
posted on December 14, 2004 05:09:20 AM new
"In October 1994, a U.S. District Judge, Northern District (San Francisco) ruled that the gas chamber was cruel and unusual punishment"
I wonder what this assh*le thinks about the way the killers kills his victims?? Mercy killing??
my favorite was the electric chair-especially when it malfunctions like it did down in Fla years ago. The scumbags hair caught on fire and when I heard about it, it took me an hour to stop laughing.
posted on December 14, 2004 09:28:58 AM new
desquirrel-I saw a movie on that-but Im not sure its the same case your talking about as I cant remember the name of the movie.All I remember he killed alot of kids.They had a psycologist come in and he finally broke down and confessed.They took him down stairs in the prison like they were going to bring him back to his cell.They told him not to turn around and BANG.
posted on December 14, 2004 09:43:05 AM new
Yep, it was an HBO movie (Citizen X) starring Stephen Rea as a police inspector who caught Anatoli Chikatilo, who ran rampant for years because the government would not report the killings or let the inspector consult the FBI on serial killers.
posted on December 14, 2004 11:02:29 AM new
Crow - actually the last sports star charged with killing his pregnant girlfriend (actually having her killed) is far from free. Ask Rae Carruth
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posted on December 14, 2004 11:56:46 AM new
Kraft, exactly. I still don't think the prosecution proved their case.
Americans again prove Pres Bush is the best man for the job
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." --John Stuart Mill
