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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Death sentence due to mental illness won't sit well with me either.[/quote]

+1000. Sentencing a schizophrenic man to death is barbaric. In fact, the death penalty is barbaric. Our prison system has to be overhauled. Solitary confinement is terrible. Minimum drug sentences are terrible. Trying children as adults is barbaric. Horrible.[/quote]

If you don't believe in the death penalty you should really mention that during jury selection.  [/quote]

Doesn't that guarantee a jury that is pro-death penalty, thus defeating the whole purpose of a jury of peers?[/quote]

It means that the jurors selected will at least be able to consider the death penalty as punishment in a death penalty case.  A person who walks into deliberations with it already decided in their head "Uh uh.  No way.  Ain't gonna happen" regardless of facts, regardless of the law would be a poor juror.  Of course, a person eager to impose the death penalty would be even worse and would also need to be excused.

I fall into the camp where I am uncomfortable with the death penalty but believe that it is an appropriate punishment in a very small number of cases.  [/quote]

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