Subj : Re: Death Penalty
To   : Finnigann
From : Jazzman
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 07:05 am

    
 > As I pointed out elsewhere, our system is based on NOT convicting an innocen
 > man. Even if ten guilty people go free as a result. Sorry if that doesn't gi
 > you much satisfaction. But the founding fathers foresaw possible miss-use. M
 > appeals are automatic.

I understood our topic to be about maintaining the DP. Sorry but i
don't follow what your trying to tell me about 10 guilty people
going free as a result. A result of ?... From the previous stats
we both viewed, 11 on DR executed since 1977 and now 645 on DR in
California. That points to something being drastically wrong with
the system. You certainly couldn't argue that they are moving to
fast would you ?

 >  Ja> AFAIK there are penalties for prosecuters and defense attorneys who
 >  Ja> lie and wrongfully manipulate the system. They can be stripped of
 >  Ja> practicing by the BAR Association and subject to jail/prison time.

 > Hardly a fair balance and rare too. I have not ever heard of a prosecutor

Well that would be balance compared to somone who commits a horrendous
act like murder. Stripping someone of their career seems fairly
severe to me.


---
 þ Synchronet þ ´ TBIRDS BBS ´ telnet://tbirds.dyndns.org

.