Man, talk about a girl with GUTS !

Lynch mob mentality? I don't think so. There are varying degrees of beliefs here and I have not seen anyone with a lynch mob mentality. Killing someone like Bundy or Manson is justified. I don't care if it make them a "martyr". There are not that many who would follow the madmen anyway. In clear guilt cases, there really is no reason to allow them to live when the death penalty sentence is in place. Heinous crimes demand swift and severe sentencing.

People will achieve fame or notoriety for the crime, not the sentence. Copycat killers and perps are nothing new, and the sentence they receive is not what makes them famous or notorious.

I do agree that everyone should have the same level of representation, but that can be difficult. There are good and bad public defenders too.

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Potential perps on the outside are just going to get even more desperate if they know they are going to die if caught.

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And this differs from LWOP how??

parsifal said:

To me, life should be life, and mandatory sentencing is part of the answer. The system is otherwise unfair, with poor folks getting the maximum sentence, and rich ones, able to hire a good lawyer and get awaywith murder (aka that black guy ex football player in LA)

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So the problem is the system application of existing laws. The problem is not the laws themselves. Apples and oranges. OJ Simpson should NOT have been put to death. Why? The prosecution blew the case. But he sure as hell should have been put in jail for a VERY long time. In my opinion he was guilty beyond a resonable doubt. But the naivete' of his prosecution did not even come close in confirming his guilt to a level that warranted the death sentence.

Retribution is part of the penal system....you do the crime, you do the time, as they say.

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As they say but not as they do. Why does a family stricken by the horrendous loss of someone have to continually for the rest of their lives go to parole board hearings to defend their dead loved one? Life is Life is Life. No parole, no time off for good behavior, no get out of jail free card. As far as I am concerned, the perps violated the rules and morals of society and have forfeited any right to exist in that society.

agree completely. Truth in sentencing, and mandatory gaol times for a given type of crime. Murder = life