The "death penalty" (DP) is just that...it's a penalty, not a deterent.
If you WANT to fix anything, fix the problem before the "penalty phase" is reached.
Like...a chance at three separate trials when the DP is on the table? 2 out of 3 falls and you're toast/worm food?
When society reaches the point that the majority values the life of a killer over that of his victim(s) is where you'll see more of the former than the latter.
Our society has just about reached that point.
Maybe another way to compensate someone's ESTATE is to prosecute and take the life of the individuals responsible for having the innocent party executed...
I couldn't think of a better example of "premeditated murder" than having "witnesses," cop(s), prosecutor and/or a judge colluding to go after an individual that ultimately results in that person's execution.
But...in lew of that, the DP is just one of many tools in the Prosecutor's tool box.
BTW: Since Californication still has Chucky Manson gettin' three squares and a cot...how do the folks out there feel about warehousing that piece of filth all these years? What has that totalled out to? A few million+++?
I wonder how that still manages to escape the bookkeepers out there?
