Hurricane2k9 wrote:
chittydog wrote:
I actually like the appeals process for capital punishment. There may be too many of them now, but they need at least one or two. Yes, it costs the taxpayers money, but there's no such thing as commuting someone's sentence when it's the death penalty. Not that I'm against the death penalty (I'd like to see child molesters get it too), but we need a process in place to be sure all the evidence lines up.
if all signs point to yes the first time, why the hell must they recheck it umpteen times?
Sometimes you get new evidence. Plus, as technology advances, you get new ways of examining evidence. I'm not proposing they get infinite appeals, but at least one. I live outside of Dallas and there was a big story recently about corruption/sloppiness in the DPD that led to the overturning of hundreds of convictions. I'd hate to be the one who was wrongly executed because of sloppy policework.
That being said, give the guy in the OP his appeal, then use a cheese grater on him until there's nothing left that's any bigger than a raisin.
