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Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty Advances!
Kendahl:
--- Quote from: Husker_Fan on March 22, 2015, 06:33:18 PM ---Personally, I don't see it as an NFOA issue. I'm anti-death penalty for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that I don't the same government that is incompetent in so many other areas to be in the business of legally killing its own citizens.
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Agreed. I have no problem with the death penalty as long as it is absolutely certain that the accused person really is the perpetrator. I have more confidence in the judgment of a terrified homeowner, with a phone to 911 in one hand and a gun in the other, than I do in the competence and integrity of the judicial system to investigate a capital crime and find the actual perpetrator. We have three examples of such injustices here in Nebraska.
There are the six from Beatrice who were convicted of a murder someone else committed. It's a good thing they weren't executed. At least, they can be compensated for their ordeal. A million or more each, so that they can live out the rest of their ruined lives in comfort and security, would not, in my opinion, be excessive.
The second example is the two guys, one of limited intelligence, who were wrongfully accused of the Stock murders in Murdock. Even after the real murderers were found (two kids from out of state), the deputy sheriff and state patrolman investigating the murders wouldn't let go of their theory that their first two suspects were guilty. It looks like the two guys will make out like bandits. Good for them.
Finally, there is former CSI David Kofoed who was convicted of planting evidence. He was caught only because he escalated to whoppers (undegraded DNA from a sample that had sat a the bottom of a dumpster for six months) that were beyond belief. The blood sample he "found" in one of the original Stock murder suspect's car encouraged the investigators to continue pressuring those suspects. CSIs in other jurisdictions have been convicted of planting evidence.
00BUCK:
We need to use it more, a lot more, versus abolishing it.
AAllen:
While I do not disagree with any of the moral or societal needs statements I would like to point out, Nebraska has no legal means to carry out the death penalty. In a purely economic sense it would be less expensive for us to go to a life without parole system that what we currently have. The court costs (fighting to keep the death penalty and those convicted) and extra spent on death row housing are financially unsustainable. Unfortunately at this time there is no legal means available to execute someone, not only on the books in Nebraska but no means that could be proposed that the courts would allow.
Wymore Wrangler:
If we want to use the death penalty as a deterrent in this state, bring back public hangings, simple to do and quite cost effective...
bkoenig:
--- Quote from: Husker_Fan on March 22, 2015, 06:33:18 PM ---Personally, I don't see it as an NFOA issue. I'm anti-death penalty for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that I don't the same government that is incompetent in so many other areas to be in the business of legally killing its own citizens.
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I agree. I have no moral opposition to the death penalty - IMO, plenty of people deserve it. I just don't trust our government or our justice system to get it right.
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