The Supreme Court of California: The Death Penalty

[tripleJ1955]

If private enterprise operated at the extreme level of inefficiency as the California judicial system, your new car would be 6 years old by the time you sign the final papers and drive it home!

[Jonatahn14]

Kill these motherfuckers and stop costing us fucking Money to take care of them shit

[amber4178]

I have a loved one on death row right now. It is hell, and for you to say it's not punishment shows your ignorance. Until you know someone who is in that situation, shut up. Glad they die of old age instead of execution. If my state of Cali wants to take their sweet ass time executing, then GOOD! There are a lot of the families, whether it's the victims or perpetrators, that do not want to see this form of punishment. More expensive..... yes, I think it should be. Cali obviously doesn't care.

[ranchai100]

this is why there should only be 3 appeals and those appeals should last only 2 years,then these anti death penalty activists wont be able to say its to expensive.

[aqinthe]

@ranchai100 Exactly. In C.A. a death row inmate is more likely to die of old age. For many being in prision isn't even a punishment.

[Resenbrink]

It makes perfect sense that America cannot contemplate letting go of the death penalty - it's a violent nation.

[Hperman09]

you obviously never been to america. stop exaggerating.

[Resenbrink]

I've probably seen more of America than you have actually.

[Hperman09]

you saying is a number 1 violent crime in america? still you never lived there. fail.

[paragod666]

California spends 30,000 per month per sex offender requiring parole monitoring and rehabilitation or therapy. The recidivism rate is astronomical. Fuck each and every one of these assholes. That money could take care of our deficit and clean the streets of shit.

[fuhmeregan]

The West in pay the lawyer business, thats it. IT SHOULD BE CHEAP AND QUICK TO FIND FOR GUILT, THEN CHEAP AND QUICK TO KILL THE ACCUSED AND BURY IN A PUBLIC CEMETARY - NONE OF THIS HIGH COST TO THE TAXPAYER, AND HIGH COST OF NO-JUSTICE TO THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF THE HORRIBLY-MURDERED VICTIMS. IT'S TIME TO DEMAND THIS OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mity15]

I dont think they should abolish the death penalty in CA but they need to look at how much money they are spending on it, cause 200million that they need for the death penalty could go to building schools and housing for people who need it badly.

[9nine1hundred]

fascinating

[WoundedEgo]

Umm... get back to me when you sober up...

[smartnut007]

wow , i didnt know it cost 90K more dollars to keep a death row inmate in prison than a regular prisoner .

[WoundedEgo]

All of the people that died of natural causes on death row... that was clearly because their appeal process effectively reduced their sentence to life imprisonment.

There should be no such thing as life imprisonment without parole. It should be replaced with capital punishment.

Life imprisonment and endless appeals are obstructions to justice.

[damartin1503]

Of the 600+ inmates on Ca death row, 81 of them don't even have a lawyer working their appeals. That means 81 people are no closer to death then they were at sentencing. It is such a waste of money. San Quentin just spent over 400 mill to add more beds to death row and those beds are expected to be full by 2012. Then what? Another 400 mill for the next 36 beds. LWOP is a decent alternative. At least a more cost efficient one.

[WoundedEgo]

I hope that you are all aware that the State of California is broke. This kind of inefficieny is one reason why. It is a money pit.

[Farsight20]

I agree wholeheartedly.

[happosai21]

i really wonder what is so expensive about the death penalty. just drag them out after they were sentenced to death and shot them in the courtyard lol doesnt costs 100 millions extra. they waste tax payer money for nothing

[FutureEntrepreneur1]

Do you know anything about law? The constitution? Human Rights? Do you know how many inmates on death row till this day have been found not guilty due to further evidence and further investigation of whatever they are accused of? You really arent thinking fair and I hope that if you are a Law Student or think of being one you will never see the satisfaction of a real court room.

[WoundedEgo]

Every action of law has a margin of error. Do you know how many people are in prison their whole lives for crimes they did not commit? Should we do away with all incarceration? This approach is too much like the endless life support expense for terminal patients. It is squandering the survivors and society's money on the slim hope that some miracle will come along.

This process needs to be streamlined or the whole justice system is at risk.

[FutureEntrepreneur1]

No matter how much research or streamlining you want to do that is never going to cut the cost of the process of the judicial system and everything leading up to it, its like asking to go back to the dark ages when saying there is problems within the process... would you rather them just go off of accusations and handle thing like the dark ages?

[WoundedEgo]

Due process, while not perfect, can be effective, while not requiring the endless appeal process. Get real.

[FutureEntrepreneur1]

You obviously are not in the industry of law.... Sounds to me like you have no experience.... yet you do have knowledge of what you speak... its a thing called knowing yet not knowing enough. Establish a career first then come back and speak to me..... Alot of people on death row should not be on death row in simple terms.

[WoundedEgo]

No, they shouldn't. They should be 6 feet under.