Re: [OT] Tyson/Paul

On 2024-11-25, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:

On 11/24/2024 11:59 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

 

Without googling, I'm guessing "cruel and unusual". Isn't killing
someone else's loved one cruel and unusual?  Eye for an eye.

Yes, it is.  The problem with punishing people is that sometimes they
pick the wrong one and execute them.  People have been imprisoned for
many years for crimes they did not commit and some have been executed.

I know. I watch C&I TV too. The ones who are finally exonerated usually
get a huge cash settlement. The wrongly executed are societal failures.
How about those caught on video? That's now a thing.

It is also proven it is cheaper to keep a prisoner jailed for life than
to execute them.

I don't believe that at all. A bullet and a burial is cheaper than a
lifetime of imprisonment and a burial. Cut out the red tape and endless
legal appeals. That's mostly a state issue. Mostly.

Check out the Innocence Project.

I respect everything they do.