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Originally posted by bloodrayne
Here's some information for you Cheeba...You cannot get the death penalty for accidental manslaughter, it isn't even an option...
The death penalty is only consider where intent is proven beyond a reasonable doubt...And even then, if someone is standing over the still warm corpse, holding a blood dripping knife in his hand, saying "That's what you get Fucker", right in front of a judge and jury...The death penalty STILL won't be considered...UNLESS...There are "extenuating circumstances"...ie: The murderer has to be in the commission of at least one other crime at the time of the murder, to even be considered for the death penalty...Such as...Killing more than one person...Committing acts of rape, robbery, burglary, arson, terrorism, etcetera...during the commission of the murder...So, no need to worry about the poor, unfortunate, accidental manslaughterer...
The only people considered for the death penalty are those who MORE than deserve it...Feel better now?:)
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Go Bloodrayne!!
Premeditation is also a factor.
Not to build or take away from what Rayne said, but I think the death penalty needs to be taken away again until they can make sure it's absolutely fair.
See in the seventies, the death penalty was abolished because the legal system was concerned that it might fall under, "cruel and unusual punishment." The courts began working on the problem by creating my options for the convicted, such as the lethal injection option. Also this time was used to significantly limit the amount of time a prisoner waits on death row. Once the courts felt like they had a better handle on death sentencing, the death penalty was reinstated.
The problem now is race. A majority of the inmates on death row are black. It is less likely for a white man to get the death penalty than it is for a black man. So I think that racial fairness should be considered.