The Death Penalty

Godfather.

thought you guys might want to read this.

Godfather.


Death penalty statistics:

– More than 3,200 inmates in 36 states are awaiting execution. The U.S. government and U.S. military also have approximately 67 people awaiting execution.

– As of September 18, 2011 – 1,267 people have been executed in the U.S. since 1976, when the death penalty was reinstated.

– Capital punishment is legal in 34 states.

– The legal methods of capital punishment are lethal injection and the electric chair.

– 35 states use lethal injection. New Mexico abolished the death penalty in 2009; however, two prisoners remain on death row and will be executed by lethal injection.

– The state of Nebraska used the electric chair as its sole method until February 2008, when the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional.

– Japan is the only industrial democracy besides the United States that has the death penalty.

– 268 clemencies have been granted in the United States since 1976; 187 were in Illinois.

– Over 75% of the murder victims in cases resulting in an execution were white, even though nationally only 50% of murder victims generally are
white.

– A 2010 national poll of registered voters conducted by Lake Research Partners showed growing support for alternatives to the death penalty compared with previous polls. A clear majority of voters (61%) would choose a punishment other than the death penalty for murder, including life with no possibility of parole and with restitution to the victim’s family (39%), life with no possibility of parole (13%), or life with the possibility of parole (9%).

– Since 1973, over 130 people have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence.

– Texas leads the way in executions with 474 total executions. In 2011 they executed 10 people, in 2010 they executed 17 people and in 2009 they executed 24 people. Virginia comes in with the second highest number of total executions at 109. In 2011 they executed one person, in 2010 and 2009 they executed 3 people each year.

Clemency statistics:

– In sixteen states the governor has the sole authority to grant clemency: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.

In California the governor may not grant a pardon or commutation to a person twice convicted of a felony except on recommendation of the state Supreme Court, with at least four judges concurring. New York and New Jersey no longer have the death penalty. New Mexico no longer has the death penalty for cases after 2009, though two inmates still remain on death row.

– In seven states the governor must have a recommendation of clemency from an advisory group or board: Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas.

In Florida the governor must have recommendation of Board, on which he or she sits.

– In ten states the governor can get a non-binding recommendation for clemency from an advisory group or board: Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio and Tennessee.

Illinois no longer has the death penalty.

– In five states an advisory group or a board determines clemency: Connecticut, Georgia, Nebraska, Nevada and Utah.

Georgia death penalty statistics:

– Georgia has executed 51 people since 1976.

– In 1972 the case Furman v. Georgia went to the Supreme Court along with two other cases the looked at the constitutionality of the death sentence for rape and murder convictions. The Supreme Court ruled to invalidate all then-existing death penalty laws because it was deemed "cruel and unusual" effectively suspending capital punishment. States then began rewriting their statutes to comply with the Court's ruling.

The death penalty was re-enacted in Georgia in 1973. In 1976 the new law was taken to the Supreme Court where they ruled that Georgia's new capital punishment procedure were sufficient in reducing arbitrary imposition of the death penalty.

– Prior to 1976, Georgia executed 950 people.

– Currently there are 103 people on death row in Georgia. One of them is a woman.

– Georgia's most recent execution was of Andrew Grant DeYoung. He was the third person executed in 2011 by Georgia. His case gained national attention because the execution was videotaped.

– In Georgia, a defendant can get death for a felony where they are not responsible for the murder.

– Five innocent people have been freed from death row in Georgia.

– Seven clemencies have been granted. In Georgia, the State Board of Pardons has exclusive authority to grant clemency. Georgia is one of five states that operates this way.

pandora

Godfather. wrote:

thought you guys might want to read this.

Godfather.


Death penalty statistics:

– More than 3,200 inmates in 36 states are awaiting execution. The U.S. government and U.S. military also have approximately 67 people awaiting execution.

– As of September 18, 2011 – 1,267 people have been executed in the U.S. since 1976, when the death penalty was reinstated.

– Capital punishment is legal in 34 states.

– The legal methods of capital punishment are lethal injection and the electric chair.

– 35 states use lethal injection. New Mexico abolished the death penalty in 2009; however, two prisoners remain on death row and will be executed by lethal injection.

– The state of Nebraska used the electric chair as its sole method until February 2008, when the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional.

– Japan is the only industrial democracy besides the United States that has the death penalty.

– 268 clemencies have been granted in the United States since 1976; 187 were in Illinois.

– Over 75% of the murder victims in cases resulting in an execution were white, even though nationally only 50% of murder victims generally are
white.

– A 2010 national poll of registered voters conducted by Lake Research Partners showed growing support for alternatives to the death penalty compared with previous polls. A clear majority of voters (61%) would choose a punishment other than the death penalty for murder, including life with no possibility of parole and with restitution to the victim’s family (39%), life with no possibility of parole (13%), or life with the possibility of parole (9%).

– Since 1973, over 130 people have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence.

– Texas leads the way in executions with 474 total executions. In 2011 they executed 10 people, in 2010 they executed 17 people and in 2009 they executed 24 people. Virginia comes in with the second highest number of total executions at 109. In 2011 they executed one person, in 2010 and 2009 they executed 3 people each year.

Clemency statistics:

– In sixteen states the governor has the sole authority to grant clemency: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.

In California the governor may not grant a pardon or commutation to a person twice convicted of a felony except on recommendation of the state Supreme Court, with at least four judges concurring. New York and New Jersey no longer have the death penalty. New Mexico no longer has the death penalty for cases after 2009, though two inmates still remain on death row.

– In seven states the governor must have a recommendation of clemency from an advisory group or board: Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas.

In Florida the governor must have recommendation of Board, on which he or she sits.

– In ten states the governor can get a non-binding recommendation for clemency from an advisory group or board: Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio and Tennessee.

Illinois no longer has the death penalty.

– In five states an advisory group or a board determines clemency: Connecticut, Georgia, Nebraska, Nevada and Utah.

Georgia death penalty statistics:

– Georgia has executed 51 people since 1976.

– In 1972 the case Furman v. Georgia went to the Supreme Court along with two other cases the looked at the constitutionality of the death sentence for rape and murder convictions. The Supreme Court ruled to invalidate all then-existing death penalty laws because it was deemed "cruel and unusual" effectively suspending capital punishment. States then began rewriting their statutes to comply with the Court's ruling.

The death penalty was re-enacted in Georgia in 1973. In 1976 the new law was taken to the Supreme Court where they ruled that Georgia's new capital punishment procedure were sufficient in reducing arbitrary imposition of the death penalty.

– Prior to 1976, Georgia executed 950 people.

– Currently there are 103 people on death row in Georgia. One of them is a woman.

– Georgia's most recent execution was of Andrew Grant DeYoung. He was the third person executed in 2011 by Georgia. His case gained national attention because the execution was videotaped.

– In Georgia, a defendant can get death for a felony where they are not responsible for the murder.

– Five innocent people have been freed from death row in Georgia.

– Seven clemencies have been granted. In Georgia, the State Board of Pardons has exclusive authority to grant clemency. Georgia is one of five states that operates this way.

thanks Godfather

I wish here in Georgia the Governor could step in ... popular opinion effects a politician.

Five people on a board, I believe, decided this mans fate yesterday,
when hundreds of thousands believe there is not enough
current evidence to kill him for his crime. That he indeed deserves a new trial.

I am praying for this today, praying for Mr. Davis and his loved ones.

Truth is ...Justice... is truth.

BinauralJam

If they kill this guy, will the world be a better place tomorrow? Just leave 'em in jail, why do we have to Kill? It's not like the death penalty is deterring anybody.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

he's dead, and America continues to go to hell.

Byrnzie

BinauralJam wrote:

why do we have to Kill? It's not like the death penalty is deterring anybody.

Because some people get a kick out of it:

Nothingman54 wrote:

I love the death penalty.

usamamasan1 wrote:

I support the death penalty, Rick Perry and Israel.

MookiesLaw

usamamasan1 wrote:

I support the death penalty, Rick Perry and Israel.cheers

I am embarrassed for you.

Godfather.

MookiesLaw wrote:

usamamasan1 wrote:

I support the death penalty, Rick Perry and Israel.cheers

I am embarrassed for you.

you must be a lonely person,hay ! there's a guy on the train that like to bake fruit cakes.....never mind he has a boyfriend...

Godfather.

bennett13

Actually, lethal injection and the electric chair are not the only legal forms of capital punishment in the US. Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad in Utah on June 18, 2010. Oklahoma also has firing squad as a secondary method of execution.

New Hampshire & Washington have hanging as an option as well. In Washington, the inmate gets to choose between lethal injection and hanging.

Personally, I'd choose firing squad if I were sentenced to die...go out with a bang, baby!

pjhawks

BinauralJam wrote:

If they kill this guy, will the world be a better place tomorrow? Just leave 'em in jail, why do we have to Kill? It's not like the death penalty is deterring anybody.

yes

Godfather.

bennett13 wrote:

Actually, lethal injection and the electric chair are not the only legal forms of capital punishment in the US. Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad in Utah on June 18, 2010. Oklahoma also has firing squad as a secondary method of execution.

New Hampshire & Washington have hanging as an option as well. In Washington, the inmate gets to choose between lethal injection and hanging.

Personally, I'd choose firing squad if I were sentenced to die...go out with a bang, baby!

didn't Ronnie choose the firing squad ? I think I remember that.


Godfather.

g under p

Godfather. wrote:

MookiesLaw wrote:

usamamasan1 wrote:

I support the death penalty, Rick Perry and Israel.cheers

I am embarrassed for you.

you must be a lonely person,hay ! there's a guy on the train that like to bake fruit cakes.....never mind he has a boyfriend...

Godfather.

That wasn't funny.

Peace

bennett13

Godfather. wrote:

bennett13 wrote:

Actually, lethal injection and the electric chair are not the only legal forms of capital punishment in the US. Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad in Utah on June 18, 2010. Oklahoma also has firing squad as a secondary method of execution.

New Hampshire & Washington have hanging as an option as well. In Washington, the inmate gets to choose between lethal injection and hanging.

Personally, I'd choose firing squad if I were sentenced to die...go out with a bang, baby!

didn't Ronnie choose the firing squad ? I think I remember that.


Godfather.

He did, actually. He threatened to sue claiming he had a right to be executed by firing squad due to his Mormon beliefs. I'd make the same choice, but it has nothing to do with religious beliefs...I'm deathly afraid of needles!

Danimal

[Frank Drebin is emptying out his files after being kicked off the force]
Frank: Hey! The missing evidence in the Kelner case! My God, he really was innocent!
Ed: He went to the chair two years ago, Frank.
Frank: Well, uh...
[Frank Drebin quickly shoves the evidence back into the file cabinet

bennett13

Danimal wrote:

[Frank Drebin is emptying out his files after being kicked off the force]
Frank: Hey! The missing evidence in the Kelner case! My God, he really was innocent!
Ed: He went to the chair two years ago, Frank.
Frank: Well, uh...
[Frank Drebin quickly shoves the evidence back into the file cabinet

I loooove that scene. I also like the bit at the beginning of the second movie where Drebin is being honored at the White House for his "thousandth drug dealer killed," to which Drebin responds: "In all fairness the last two I backed over accidentally with my car...fortunately, they turned out to be drug dealers."

dCowboyPJ

i fully support the death penalty.

i think its a shame we don't have it in canada.

i think it should be a death for a death. if you kill you get killed.

i understand the argument about letting the fucking scum rot in jail. but to me nothing is more scary then death.

Byrnzie

dCowboyPJ wrote:

i understand the argument about letting the fucking scum rot in jail. but to me nothing is more scary then death.

It still doesn't work as a deterrent. Therefore it's just blood lust. Why is the U.S the only Western country to still have this barbaric law?

dCowboyPJ

Byrnzie wrote:

dCowboyPJ wrote:

i understand the argument about letting the fucking scum rot in jail. but to me nothing is more scary then death.

It still doesn't work as a deterrent.

oh and i suppose jail does? :roll:

gimmesometruth27

dCowboyPJ wrote:

i fully support the death penalty.

i think its a shame we don't have it in canada.

i think it should be a death for a death. if you kill you get killed.

i understand the argument about letting the fucking scum rot in jail. but to me nothing is more scary then death.

what if you kill someone in a motor vehicle accident. no drunk driving, you just collide with another car and the person you hit dies. is that worthy of the death penalty? that is a death, isn't it?

dCowboyPJ

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

dCowboyPJ wrote:

i fully support the death penalty.

i think its a shame we don't have it in canada.

i think it should be a death for a death. if you kill you get killed.

i understand the argument about letting the fucking scum rot in jail. but to me nothing is more scary then death.

what if you kill someone in a motor vehicle accident. no drunk driving, you just collide with another car and the person you hit dies. is that worthy of the death penalty? that is a death, isn't it?

no. obviously not. that is a lot different.

he still stands

dCowboyPJ wrote:

Byrnzie wrote:

dCowboyPJ wrote:

i understand the argument about letting the fucking scum rot in jail. but to me nothing is more scary then death.

It still doesn't work as a deterrent.

oh and i suppose jail does? :roll:

do you realize your statement infers that you think all people who commit crime should just be executed?