we weigh the risk to innocent life versus the severity of the crime. There's many a time I have broken off a pursuit, then gone and kicked in the bastard's door with an arrest warrant after he had gone to bed thinking he got away scott free.

I did not vote (yet). I suspect some do not differentiate between tongue-in-cheek and turn-the-other-cheek.

I voted for the least punitive sentence that wasn't a joke (ie not turn the other cheek).
If there had been an "Other" that's where my vote would have been cast.

WTF??? We're on a first name ONLY basis now?

Armchair warrior, meet trained professional. Contrary to your internet fueled assumptions about public servants, we do actually know what we're doing.

I agree that execution is warranted in certain cases in theory, but it is impossible to write a law that clearly and accurately defines those cases. It's easy enough to point to certain cases and say that they are slam-dunks, but I defy anyone to write a legal definition that separates them from borderline cases.

In the absence of such a clear-cut distinction, any process that is fair to the accused will necessarily be expensive and difficult, and ultimately fallible anyway. I doubt that there is a humane system that is... "worth it".

But then again, I don't value the benefit of executing someone very highly.

I remember watching a chase not long ago, some lady going 20mph because she had driven over the spikes and not stopped so she had no tires. When she got to Dallas, the cops stopped pursuit, apparently Dallas police do not pursue if they think there is the slightest chance of causing public endangerment. Of course, I don't know how much more I don't know how she wasn't causing less public endangerment on her own then when being chased. LOL.

i am neither for or against the death penalty. on one hand, fry them, on the other by personal experience, life would truly suck. and i mean life. no parole. here in texas you are eligible for parole in something like 40 years. i myself was on a jury for a capital murder case. guy killed his own kid. we gave him life. there was a mitigating circumstance: his father was his grandfather. either way either sentence would suck. knowing that you are walking down the hall your last time not to return to your "house" ie: cell, knowing that you are about to die would be a very eerie feeling but at the same time a good feeling knowing that you will no longer be held in captivity. whereas if you were locked up for life, you go on for another 20 or even 30 years or however long it takes for you to naturally die. just the system needs to make sure that life really means life. no parole.

20 mph with blown tires? We'd probably would have done a pit manuver. Things vary in different situations and jurisdictions

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this is important people!

these are important people.


Please make sure you have subject verb agreement in your sentence construction.

Grammer Nazi!

This is a demonstration of excellent leadership in State government...
Statesman Journal
Alan Gustafson, (Salem, Ore.)
Nov 22, 2011

Ore. governor halts execution, won't allow any while in office

I vote 25 years with rehab. Yet, if it can be demonstrated that they don't give a shit about what happens to other people: lock them behind bars till they die.

Death penalty is too serious for such a case.