It appears the end times are approaching, the courts aren't saving it
I know that many of you on this site still believe that the death penalty will make a resurgence if the Republicans just buck up and change.
But it’s time we actually look and see that they have only barely maintained it’s use. Grandstanding on the issue seems to be its only purpose now.
I still see many of you hold the hope that we are just right around the corner on some great resurgence.
I see many members pointing to Nebraska reinstating then executing a single man who was trying to die for 20 years as our great shining hope.
That was 3 years ago. Federal was a onetime deal. Texas had three whole executions last year. COVID was simply an out many states took as to not conduct executions. We’ve seen state legs continue to kick the can down the road on actual reforms. We’ve watched DA’s get dozens of guys off and get their sentences reduced due to sabotage.
I see the death penalty dying in 3-4 years out of inaction and sabotage by so many people. Florida, Alabama and Ohio are just the latest states that have for no reason at all continued to handicap themselves and create problems for no reason. I’ve watched them go from doing multiple executions a year to maybe a single one. Yet that’s still cheered. Texas the bright shining star of the DP is now relying solely on Tarrant to bring out a majority of its warrants. One single county, in a state with 30 million people is still trying to carry out the law.
The death penalty is a toothless tiger that has no backbone. It relies on too many election cycles to be effective at anything other then being a cash cow for the legal realm.
What is going to happen to this site after the end? I would hope that at least we can track all these guys through corrections for the victims’ families at least. They deserve to have some resources on tracking these monsters.
Does anybody else hold these views? Want to share your thoughts on this?
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