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It is so easy to ruin your life.

#81
macaroni tony said:
EP, any other time I think you know I'd take exception to your post in these types of threads. But Norwood...I mean you may have a great name and all, but there's not much I can say for you today :D
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You're confusing it with Nordberg...


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#82
Eric Perry said:
You're confusing it with Nordberg...
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Actually...

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:bassist: as well as that chick I used to date. Since I'm on the subject, I ran into her at the skating rink a couple years ago. She was on her way to college, the age difference was much less of a factor, and it took every fiber of my being not to take care of some "unfinished business" at the time. I am so glad I got home safe :eek:

I've always wondered, was there ever an OJ thread?
 
#91
Chebass88 said:
The only reason it costs so much to execute someone is the infinite appeals, and feel-goodery of society. A firing squad of 5 guys, earning some salary plus the cost of bullets = under a thousand bucks, tops. Voila - lots of money saved for the taxpayer.
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Eric Perry said:
Exactly. In my perfect little world, when guilt to such horrific and macabre crimes is clear and unquestionable, there would be no appeals. There would be no free room and board in a cell for a year waiting for your day in court. There would be no drawn out courtroom drama. You would be terminated. Immediately. The victim had no "limbo period" or options to appeal *her* death sentence before she was brutally murdered. Why should the monster get any such options?

All of the OT guys that have been here for any length of time know my stance on violent crimes. I think we are FAR too lenient on these criminals. I am 100% for the death penalty and 100% against endless appeals and sitting on death row for years upon years. If someone knowingly commits a violent crime, and they are guilty beyond all doubt, I think they should be killed. Immediately. A society of hardworking and innocent people should not foot the bill for these animals while so many good people go hungry every night.
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Eric, with all due respect--that all sounds great and very easy to cheer, but you know as well as I do that even with the lengthy appeals system we have now, there are wrongful convictions all the time. Shorten it up and that problem only gets worse. And there is certainly still question about whether biases continue to creep into the way the death penalty is applied.

Sorry, I don't mean to reignite this debate, but I felt like putting a counterpoint out there.
 
#92
GregC said:
Eric, with all due respect--that all sounds great and very easy to cheer, but you know as well as I do that even with the lengthy appeals system we have now, there are wrongful convictions all the time. Sorry, I don't mean to reignite this debate, but I felt like putting a counterpoint out there.
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Yes, it is easy to cheer. Wrongful convictions do happen. I don't know if they happen "all the time", but they happen. However, in a situation where there is overwhelming evidence, or overwhelming evidence coupled with a legit confession, I say play the odds.
 
#93
Horny Toad said:
Yes, it is easy to cheer. Wrongful convictions do happen. I don't know if they happen "all the time", but they happen. However, in a situation where there is overwhelming evidence, or overwhelming evidence coupled with a legit confession, I say play the odds.
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Say, for instance, someone that was videotaped perpetrating heinous crimes in front of a large crowd?
 

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