Oldest Death Row inmate dies....

**Red_Lizard2** · 02-14-10, 06:44 PM

...On death row
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8515573.stm

Now I'm torn, partly because i don't like the death penalty and think it is giving them an easy way out. But also at the moment death row is even better (in terms of quality) then prison and thus it is crap as its like getting off much more easily (not that he had it as easy being blind, deaf, etc. etc.)

thoughts? oh and i'm perfectly fine with this turning into a debate on the death penalty, should you want to go that direction.

**fly351** · 02-14-10, 06:52 PM

I agree with the death penalty, the method.. no.. I say turn them over to the families of their victims... :9

**Anti-Squeaker** · 02-14-10, 07:19 PM

I say a .45 back of the head. Quick, painless, and cheap!

**Nuckle** · 02-14-10, 07:28 PM

It is about fucking time. I love working hard to pay for a dirt bag to live.

**TheTip** · 02-14-10, 07:31 PM

i mean whats the point of keeping them there for 20 years in waiting of the death penalty? Is the line for the chair that long?

**Anti-Squeaker** · 02-14-10, 07:39 PM

theres an assload of appeals and stuff convicts can make. and the courts get tied up in them, and BAM, its 15 years later.

**deathgodusmc** · 02-14-10, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by Anti-Squeaker

theres an assload of appeals and stuff convicts can make. and the courts get tied up in them, and BAM, its 15 years later.

Pretty sure they only get 2 appeals but either way it seems like the courts need to be reworked if it takes 15 years to drum out a couple appeals.

**Anti-Squeaker** · 02-14-10, 08:43 PM

well, theres 2 basic appeals I think (Dads a lawyer, so I'm going off of a 2 year old conversation, so don't take my word as gospel truth), but any good lawyer can generate a mountain of paperwork for the prosecutor to do. And the appeal is basically a re-do of the original case, and they have to find time to get the original prosecutor back (I think), and find a time in the court (which can easily take 3-4 months depending on the state) for a time slot. Also any semi-decent lawyer will do an insanity plea, which has some special court hearing, in addition to having a state psychologist (and/or a private one if the convicts got the cash) having to come in and analyze the convict. And when everyone in death row is doing this, it slows down an already titanically slow Bureaucracy.