What should be eligible for the death penalty?

[fabsroman]

How does the pledge of allegiance end.

I think it ends with "with Liberty and JUSTICE for ALL".

It doesn't just say Justice for victims or Justice for alleged perpetrators. Justice is for everybody and it isn't a one way street.

What a lot of people do not understand is that once a Court enters a verdict it is really hard to appeal it and get it overturned. I saw a Nightline episode about two guys incarcerated for 15+ years in New York City and the Courts are unwilling to overturn the verdicts for them even though there is a ton of evidence showing that somebody else is responsible for the shooting/murder of the person. The guy will not talk without immunity and the state will not give him immunity.

Come on now, this guy already served a bunch of time for other crimes and just got out of prison. Is it worth it to keep two innocent guys locked up over this. The state should give this guy immunity, let him testify as to what happened that night, and be done with it even if it means the real killer (i.e., this guy) goes free.

Will these two guys get their 15 years back. NO. Will these two guys be compensated by the state. NO.

Where is the Justice in that?

Life isn't fair, but I don't think executing people left and right as fast as the needles and electric chairs can go is going to solve the Justice issue.

Val,

You look at it one sided, execute the guy. Me, I say let the system run its course and let the guy be executed at the end of the day.

The really sad thing is that we will never know how many innocent people have been executed/murdered by the state because they were railroaded through the system.

Trust me, the system doesn't work great all the time for victims and it doesn't work great all the time for accused people either.

We cannot do anything for the innocent, dead child, at this point, but we can take some precaution to make sure that another innocent life is not ended.