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[What's Burning?]

Apparently India is easier than the US; from what I heard, it a case of accelerating to 30mph, taking a slight curve and coming to a complete stop before a line!

That almost sounds as if it would qualify them to be stock car drivers as well.

[texasmr2]

I have sat thru a capitol murder trial for the past four days shuffling in and out witnesses and the jury panel. Sat through the evidence faze with all the autopsy pics and such and today the state prosecution and defense finished the testimony faze. Tomorrow we here closing arguments and send the jury to make their decision, should be very interesting to say the least.

It took the jury only 30mins to find her guilty and the judge sentenced her to another life sentence to run consecutively without parole, she will never see the light of day again. Frankly the sad part of this is the cost too taxpayers just think of the money that could be saved if they just executed immediately those found guilty of murder or capitol muder .

Every year an inmate spends in prison costs taxpayers an average of $22,000. As prisoners get older, the cost of maintenance rises, ultimately reaching an average of $69,000 per year for those over the age of fifty-five. A study by a Stanford University professor estimated that the cost of a life term for an average California prisoner is
$1.5 million.

[darwin dali]

I have sat thru a capitol murder trial for the past four days shuffling in and out witnesses and the jury panel. Sat through the evidence faze with all the autopsy pics and such and today the state prosecution and defense finished the testimony faze. Tomorrow we here closing arguments and send the jury to make their decision, should be very interesting to say the least.

It took the jury only 30mins to find her guilty and the judge sentenced her to another life sentence to run consecutively without parole, she will never see the light of day again. Frankly the sad part of this is the cost too taxpayers just think of the money that could be saved if they just executed immediately those found guilty of murder or capitol muder .

Every year an inmate spends in prison costs taxpayers an average of $22,000. As prisoners get older, the cost of maintenance rises, ultimately reaching an average of $69,000 per year for those over the age of fifty-five. A study by a Stanford University professor estimated that the cost of a life term for an average California prisoner is
$1.5 million.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ex ... ow_inmates" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[texasmr2]

Well show me a system that is perfect and I assume your against the death penalty right?

With our current level {edit quality} of DNA testing and criminal forensics the numbers are alot lower now of wrongly convicted persons yet as humans we are not perfect nor will we ever be.

[darwin dali]

Well show me a system that is perfect and I assume your against the death penalty right?

With our current level {edit quality} of DNA testing and criminal forensics the numbers are alot lower now of wrongly convicted persons yet as humans we are not perfect nor will we ever be.

You assume wrong.

[texasmr2]

Well what was your point of posting that link please enlighten me?

[darwin dali]

Well what was your point of posting that link please enlighten me?

Because of this:

just think of the money that could be saved if they just executed immediately those found guilty of murder or capitol muder .

There needs to be due process and enough time for appeals and potentially new evidence to be brought forward to avoid fatal miscarriage of justice, which can't be guaranteed with your proposal of immediate execution of those found guilty. You don't want to kill people who later are proven innocent.

[texasmr2]

Well what was your point of posting that link please enlighten me?

Because of this:

just think of the money that could be saved if they just executed immediately those found guilty of murder or capitol muder .

There needs to be due process and enough time for appeals and potentially new evidence to be brought forward to avoid fatal miscarriage of justice, which can't be guaranteed with your proposal of immediate execution of those found guilty. You don't want to kill people who later are proven innocent.

This lady was not innocent as her own statement of the incident clearly admitted that she "lost control' and the statements from doctors and EMS techs trying to breath life back into her and the coroner prove that the victim was bound with her hands behind her back and beat to a pulp, so much so that the prison personel did not recognize who the victim was.

[texasmr2]

I leftout one small yet significant detail the defendant is already serving a life sentence for shooting and killing her boyfriend, get a rope .

[vaptin]

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Haven't bothered checking the references though.

[texasmr2]

The death penalty was taken off the table so thats why we held the trial in our small and financially strapped county where the offense took place. The offense occured in our county but the offender is now housed in a TDC unit in another county.

It was crazy but very enlightening too say the least.

[texasmr2]

Had a criminal docket today and we always have inmates from the county jail. So we had this one inmate who is facing a charge of 'assualt on a public servant' specifically a CPS (Child Protective Services) worker. Well the guy has a terrible attitiude and was cursing so I told he to stop as there will be no profanity in my courtroom and then he proceeds to tell me "F-you" so I told him thats why your in ankle cuffs and cuffed/bound at the waste you have a bad attitude and do not respect authority. So once again he says "F-you" and I proceeded to tell him he deserves the prison time he is facing .

All this time his court appointed attorney is trying to get him to shutup and explain what he needs to do for the inmate. The attorney leads him away to the otherside of the courtroom while the inmate continues to tell me "F-You"! So I proceed to do what I told him I would and could do and went and told the judge about it so the judge sent him back to jail for an additional two weeks ! All the idiot had to do was shut the F-up and when he returns to court the judge is gonna chew his arse for disrespecting not only the court but me and everyone else in the courtroom.

I'm drunk with power I tell ya and GOD I LUV THIS JOB!!!

[darwin dali]

Scary...

[What's Burning?]

Don't take it personal Tex, that was his way of saying he blames society!

[texasmr2]

Nope because I'm the one with the gun and I'm about 1ft taller and weigh atleast 75+lb's more than that idiot. I run a clean courtroom yet when we are in recess I let family members speak to their respective inmate, I do have a heart and I treat the inmates with respect as they are human aswell and should be treated as such.

Don't take it personal Tex, that was his way of saying he blames society!

Why would I take that personally? Was it society that made or told him to assualt another human being muchless a public servant who is trying to help him . Stupid is as stupid does . In this small community/county our courthouse has a revolving door and I know some of the offenders and 99.9% of them want to shake my hand when they are leaving but there is always gonna be that 1% who think they run 'My House' and then they must be shown the light so to speak.