re: Texas executes Danny Bible

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I don't buy that and think it's propaganda from death penalty opponents. When they figure the cost of death sentences they are counting dollars that will be spent regardless of which case is before the court. The judge, DA and Court personnel get paid regardless. The defendant often gets pro Bono representation from Capital defense lawyers.

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I’d be all for the death penalty but I just don’t trust the legal system to get the right guy. But what’s really frustrating is that in the majority of these capital cases, guilt isn’t even in dispute. The numerous appeals that drag it out are simply to get the criminal life in prison instead of death. Lawyers will argue about cruel and unusual punishment, or how the murderer had a bad childhood, or how the murderer had a low IQ...all a waste of time and money.

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I don't buy that and think it's propaganda from death penalty opponents. When they figure the cost of death sentences they are counting dollars that will be spent regardless of which case is before the court. The judge, DA and Court personnel get paid regardless. The defendant often gets pro Bono representation from Capital defense lawyers.

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I agree, Jake88.

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Agreed. The irony is that if you sentence them to death it cost more than life in prison (with the appeals system). Go figure.

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Sometimes, it ain’t about the money.

Others from the link

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35 Name: Genene Anne JonesAlias: N/A Crime: Jones, a former pediatric nurse at hospitals in San Antonio and Kerrville, was convicted in 1985 of killing a 15-month-old. She is believed to have killed as many as 46 infants under her care in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. Status: Upon her conviction, she was sentenced to 99 years in prison, but she is scheduled to be released in 2018.

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Dang

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i'm against the death penalty but some of these pieces of shite make it hard

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I was coming to post this same exact thing.