Biden commutes all but 3 federal death sentences

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with the move. I feel like life in prison without parole is a better deterrent than the death penalty. And from a practical standpoint it costs the government more to sentence somebody to death (due to legal fees for the appeals process) than it does to house them in prison indefinitely.

It’s not. Why do many criminals plead guilty for a life sentence than take the death penalty? It’s because they fear the death penalty. We need to bring back immediate death for all guilty prisoners.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with the move. I feel like life in prison without parole is a better deterrent than the death penalty. And from a practical standpoint it costs the government more to sentence somebody to death (due to legal fees for the appeals process) than it does to house them in prison indefinitely.

Not to mention there is no method of execution that is able to overcome the “cruel or inhumane” punishment rule. Lethal injections have been failing and causing grueling painful deaths. There is no humane way to kill someone

Many of those monsters inflicted much worse on their victims. Who really cares if their death is painful?

[Anonymous]

Biden needs to pardon Derek Chauvin. If not, Trump should.

The Minneapolis Police training video shows a knee must be placed on the head of person to stop him from injuring himself.

It wasn't submitted as evidence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Biden needs to pardon Derek Chauvin. If not, Trump should.

The Minneapolis Police training video shows a knee must be placed on the head of person to stop him from injuring himself.

It wasn't submitted as evidence.

I don’t think Chauvin would appreciate that. He’d be shipped back to state prison.

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Anonymous wrote:All these people are still in federal prison for life with no chance of parole. Why are people acting like they are set free or something?

And groups like Georgetown's Innocence Project are working to set them free. Everyone of them could walk away from prison for some bogus reason dreamed up by people who got squeamish when their hamster died.

The Innocence Project is not Georgetown’s. It’s now a nationwide program founded in the early 90s and it has exonerated over 250 prisoners wrongfully convicted. Innocent people have been executed and more sit on death row. I applaud Berry Scheck and the outstanding work he continues to do on behalf of those wrongfully convicted. No one walks away for some “bogus” reason. They are innocent.

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Anonymous wrote:All these people are still in federal prison for life with no chance of parole. Why are people acting like they are set free or something?

And groups like Georgetown's Innocence Project are working to set them free. Everyone of them could walk away from prison for some bogus reason dreamed up by people who got squeamish when their hamster died.

The Innocence Project is not Georgetown’s. It’s now a nationwide program founded in the early 90s and it has exonerated over 250 prisoners wrongfully convicted. Innocent people have been executed and more sit on death row. I applaud Berry Scheck and the outstanding work he continues to do on behalf of those wrongfully convicted. No one walks away for some “bogus” reason. They are innocent.

Yes people do walk for bogus reasons all the time. Many people have charges overturned due to a procedural technicality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with the move. I feel like life in prison without parole is a better deterrent than the death penalty. And from a practical standpoint it costs the government more to sentence somebody to death (due to legal fees for the appeals process) than it does to house them in prison indefinitely.

It’s not. Why do many criminals plead guilty for a life sentence than take the death penalty? It’s because they fear the death penalty. We need to bring back immediate death for all guilty prisoners.

Wow.

Also, many people who received the death penalty ended up being innocent. I'm not okay with being a party to executing innocent people, and we can't be 100% sure someone is guilty in most cases.

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DemocRATS. Soft on crime, again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All these people are still in federal prison for life with no chance of parole. Why are people acting like they are set free or something?

And groups like Georgetown's Innocence Project are working to set them free. Everyone of them could walk away from prison for some bogus reason dreamed up by people who got squeamish when their hamster died.

The Innocence Project is not Georgetown’s. It’s now a nationwide program founded in the early 90s and it has exonerated over 250 prisoners wrongfully convicted. Innocent people have been executed and more sit on death row. I applaud Berry Scheck and the outstanding work he continues to do on behalf of those wrongfully convicted. No one walks away for some “bogus” reason. They are innocent.

The person who raped me walked away for the bogus reason that I was so beaten in my vaginal area, they could not obtain a sperm sample or evidence that I have been sexually assaulted. It spiraled into a walk away. Fortunately, my rapist mugged an old woman and beat her to death. There was plenty of evidence in that case and he was sentenced to 20 years. He'll probably get out in a few more years because no one opposes his release but me, and I have been told that I am vindictive.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with the move. I feel like life in prison without parole is a better deterrent than the death penalty. And from a practical standpoint it costs the government more to sentence somebody to death (due to legal fees for the appeals process) than it does to house them in prison indefinitely.

It’s not. Why do many criminals plead guilty for a life sentence than take the death penalty? It’s because they fear the death penalty. We need to bring back immediate death for all guilty prisoners.

Wow.

Also, many people who received the death penalty ended up being innocent. I'm not okay with being a party to executing innocent people, and we can't be 100% sure someone is guilty in most cases.

We're waiting to hear your concerns for the victims.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these people are still in federal prison for life with no chance of parole. Why are people acting like they are set free or something?

And groups like Georgetown's Innocence Project are working to set them free. Everyone of them could walk away from prison for some bogus reason dreamed up by people who got squeamish when their hamster died.

The Innocence Project is not Georgetown’s. It’s now a nationwide program founded in the early 90s and it has exonerated over 250 prisoners wrongfully convicted. Innocent people have been executed and more sit on death row. I applaud Berry Scheck and the outstanding work he continues to do on behalf of those wrongfully convicted. No one walks away for some “bogus” reason. They are innocent.

The person who raped me walked away for the bogus reason that I was so beaten in my vaginal area, they could not obtain a sperm sample or evidence that I have been sexually assaulted. It spiraled into a walk away. Fortunately, my rapist mugged an old woman and beat her to death. There was plenty of evidence in that case and he was sentenced to 20 years. He'll probably get out in a few more years because no one opposes his release but me, and I have been told that I am vindictive.

I'm truly so very sorry for all you've experienced. You are not being vindictive. 20 years is not nearly enough punishment for someone who's mugged, beaten, and raped two women.

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Disgusting.

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Anonymous wrote:Kaboni Savage, one of those whose sentence was commuted, murdered 12 people, including 4 children that he burned to death. When talking about his crimes, he joked that a surviving family member should "get him some barbecue sauce...[and] pour it on them burnt b******s."

Truly a man deserving of lenience.

We are learning by the day what the Democrats think about ordinary people who are the victims of crime.

I disagree. It's horrific what happened to the victims. But being anti death penalty is about us as a society. Humans are flawed and so all human systems are flawed. Do we want our flawed system killing people decades after the crime was committed? Especially since our flawed system does convict and sentence innocent people on occasion. Isn't one innocent life taken by a death penalty too much? Taken by government? I'm not sure how many anti government people seem ok with the government killing people: they are wrong about masks and the covid vaccine but they are right about killing people?

All cultures determine what an acceptable killing is. And that varies by culture. Just wars but not unjust wars, self defense but not killing over stealing your car, etc. Hundreds of years ago, there were fewer ways to ensure a horrible criminal didn't re-offend and harm more people. So killing them may have been the only way to ensure the survival of the rest of the group/town/community. Today, we have max security prisons that remove people from society and minimize the harm they can do. There is no need to make government kill people when there are still flawed judicial processes and we have better ways of keeping society safe from the perpetrators.

You gave one sentence to the victims. The rest of your post is about showing humanity and fairness to the murderers aho tortured them. We can see where you put most of your concern.

DP but it’s about not becoming murderers ourselves. We should not be equally barbaric to them if we believe murder is wrong.

These people will still be in prison until they die. They are not getting a pass.

Seriously, we have MUCH more consequential issue to be upset about. This is about being more civilized as a country than the criminals are. Humans should have evolved past this.

PP here. Fine if guaranteed NEVER getting out. Now let's see 3 paragraphs about the innocence and good lives of the victims and the horrors they endured.

No one is advocating to kill them, moron.

[Anonymous]

Y’all are getting trolled hard by the Russian trolls on this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:All these people are still in federal prison for life with no chance of parole. Why are people acting like they are set free or something?

Because there are liberal attorneys and judges who view this as a first step towards seeking their release...someone murdered 12 people but... the system was unfair, abusive childhoods, poor legal representation, evidence was included/not included, it qas an accident, + blah blah blah.

Exactly. I have no faith that these monsters will remain behind bars until they die.
We have too many SJWs who have more concern for hardened criminals than their victims.
And, some of those SJWs work in government or as attorneys/judges. IOW - they have power.

Says the person who elected a rapist President,