The Death Penalty – Expensive, Impractical and Unconstitutional so naturally Republicans (and some dumbass Democrats) love it
I’m old enough to remember when “conservative” meant sober, frugal, thoughtful and cautious. Now it means “piss money away with reckless abandon, as long as it gets your dick hard.”
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Lawmakers are poised to introduce bipartisan legislation to reinstate Delaware’s death penalty, which the state Supreme Court declared unconstitutional last year.
Under the bill to be introduced next week, the death penalty could not be imposed unless jurors unanimously find, beyond a reasonable doubt, the existence of at least one aggravating circumstance making the crime eligible for capital punishment.
Jurors also would have to unanimously find that each aggravating factor alleged by prosecutors had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. They would then have to unanimously determine beyond a reasonable doubt — not just by a preponderance of the evidence, as the old law required — that the aggravating circumstances outweighed mitigating factors cited by the defense.
Very disappointing.
Some people just get off on killing minorities.
And yet again the yearning for revenge overcomes what is good, sensible and the right thing to do. Capitol Punishment fans gave up claiming it has a deterrent effect years ago, perhaps a total lack of evidence was behind it. And once again rewording a bill makes all the difference in the tiny minds behind it, not so in the real world as I expect it would go immediately to the courts. Again. Tra La, ’tis Dover.
So John Carney said the following when the SC struck down the death penalty:
But I’m worried that since this is a bi-partisan bill, Carney might be all over this like a moth to a flame.
I have a Hamilton in my pocket that says he signs it.
Bruce Ennis will be all in !
The Smyrna Gulag might be the biggest employer in his district. What’s good for the Prison Industrial Complex is good for Ennis.
Similarly, if BHL was still in the Senate, she would have been a stone cold lock to co-sponsor this.
For those of us (still) not quite in the loop of making calls to our state reps, who do we call and what do we say to oppose this bill? We’ve each got a state rep, a state senator, and is a call to Carney’s office worth-while?
Use this link you find the contact info for your state Reps. https://openstates.org/
Paula: We’ll be all over this like flies on rice once the bill is introduced. Once it is, start the calls. And, yes, a call to Carney is not only worthwhile, but imperative.
If you know who your senator and/or rep are, you can get their contact info here:
http://legis.delaware.gov/Senate
http://legis.delaware.gov/House
Just click on the name of your legislator for contact information.
My take on Carney is that he’s opposed to the new death penalty bill but won’t say so because of the multiple prison investigations and the likely wrath from the guards’ union if he announced his opposition now. That would explain why he said he could support execution of one who killed a law enforcement officer.
I suspect that he’s hoping the bill won’t pass and if it does, that the AG or his own legal counsel will determine that he should not sign it because it’s unconstitutional. He’d much rather duck and cover than take a stand.
Says nothing. Stands for nothing. There’s always a political excuse.
@RE: Exactly.
If the issue heats up, maybe he’ll schedule a series of death penalty reset meetings.
we wouldn’t be praying to jesus if people didn’t execute him.
stay woke
Pettyjohn is all for this unconstitutional state sanctioned barbarism. We know from the Innocence Project how many on death row were freed because of DNA. This legislation is all about the killing of a police officer. My question is where do these right wingers think they will get the drugs to do these state sanctioned killings. Life in Delaware gulags delivers the worst punishment any human could endure.
It’s the number one priority of the talk radio class
The Speaker said in a debate last fall that he would also support any legislation bringing back the death penalty. Sad! Given his party affiliation and the party platform, he should switch sides.