Just Another Political Post.

[Occhidiangela]

Now, the death penalty crap is a red herring in this argument.  So small a number of crimes are capital crimes and second so seldom is the death penalty imposed (much less carried out) that the odds of a criminal being executed (59 out of a population of nearly three hundred thousand) are lower than those of his dying in a traffic accident (about 40,000 out of the same population).

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I think you meant 300,000,000, or three hundred million. ;)

EDIT: The nonsense sentence of "life in prison without chance for parole" is to me a cruel and unusual punishment per the Constitution and prohibition therein. All those thus sentenced should, in my opinion, be put to death sooner rather than later via wastage on the public dime. My opinion is a minority opinion, of course.

I understand the position pro that scheme, that anyone can be redeemend, even in the bastions of despair that are American prisons.

The system ain't perfect, go figure. :wacko:

Occhi