[StBernard] Violet man gets 80 years for killing 2 men outside bar

[Westley Annis]

Jer,

I won't disagree with you on most points. We need to bring chain gangs back,
take the AC's, heaters, TV's, gym's, etc., out of the prisons. If it was up
to me, take the cafeterias out also. If you're in jail, better hope you got
family to come bring you a meal, otherwise, you ain't eating.

The death penalty won't be a deterrent until it is actively used on a timely
basis. And stop with these damn lethal injections. Ideally, murderers should
be treated the same way they treated their victims. Shoot someone in the
head, then you get shot in the head.

I realize that will never happen, so my second choice is to go back to
public hangings. This alone would probably cover the cost of the execution
itself, if not all prisons. Charge admission to see it live. Put it up on
pay-per-view. Finally, cut the rope into 1 foot pieces and mount it on a
display board. Folks would pay to have a piece of rope that was used to hang
Derrick Todd Lee. How much extra would they pay for the piece that actually
went around his neck?

If it's a low life scum that no one cares about then you can reuse the rope.

Westley

-----Original Message-----

"The good thing here is that manslaughter is considered a "crime of
violence" --Westley."

Au Contraire, Mon Ami.  Tis' softness in tone. <chuckle>

Unless this man is a "notorious", well known celebrity (ie. Patricia
VanWinkle of Charles Manson fame, I believe at some point there won't be a
public outcry for keeping him in as an older man. There most certainly will
be some President, some governor, some board will remove him from the penal
colony (with "good behavior given") at some point.  The capital punishment
is more permanent. Further,  as victim's rights continue to dwindle. Few
will know who he even is at some future point, so the passion involved with
swift justice is lost in time and the socialist would rather see
"rehabilitation" rather than justice for the victim's family, etc.

That's the point, and I stand by it.  Manslaughter is a slap in the face to
murder 1 and unfortunately on a balance scale outweighs a murder conviction
(even though no one will ever get to see complete justice reached because
the socialist soon will make a federal (including supreme court decision) to
once again remove the death penalty as "unconstitutional".  

Lastly, currently a wait of 15  or 20 years on appeals for capital
punishment to grind through the system with appeal after appeal, etc. is
mockery to law-abiding citizens and victims' rights. Survivors may not be
around to get the justice they righteously deserve.

Thus, one DNA test before court and one appeal is enough because I'm not
even certain there was such an "option" years back as a luxury.

Lastly, let's bring back the chain gang and rock busters and less
entertainment in prisons because social clubs and gang meetings are also a
mockery to the penal system as well.

Damn the torpedoes, but most certainly damn the once liberals, now socialist
to their just rewards for ruining America.

--jer--