Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
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Voted against the death penalty because you can always get the wrong person and actually spending the rest of you life behind bars is worse than death. Its also cheaper as appeals cost and lawyers love those appeals.
I think in certain cases the convicted should be fast tracked to the death penalty...let's say #1 If they ask for it and are of sound mind

Why give the offender what he wants, let him suffer for the rest of their life.

#2 If there are a number of reliable witnesses at least more than one but the more that saw 1 thing and agree on it the better #3 If they to some extent or another admit to the crime while of sound mind and not being threatened in any manner #4 If the defendant has a history of violent crime and is found guilty of murder.

Miscarrages of justice can always happen and it is better they are alive than dead when you say oops.

What about the victim's family? What about their lives? Giving someone life (especially if they have the possibility of parole) isn't very reassuring and doesn't give the family much closure.
Life should mean life, in the US they get over 100 years, they will never be free.