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kane · 04-01-2013, 12:37 PM

The guy that shot up the theater in Colorado during the Batman movie made an offer last week to plead guilty to all charges in exchange for life in prison without parole. Today the prosecutors declined the offer and are going to seek the death penalty.

I don't for a second disagree with the idea that this guy deserves to die for what he did, but now the case is going to drag on for months in court and not only is the community going to get to relive every gruesome detail, they are going to spend a ton of money on his defense and all his appeals after he is found guilty.

And there is still no guarantee that he will end up with the death penalty because he will likely work some kind of insanity plea into this so if he is found to be mentally ill the jury may choose to not give him death. And during all of this the guy gets more publicity which is likely what he wants.

The best possible scenario here is that he is sentenced to death, his appeals are denied and in 10-15 years he is actually put to death and all of this will do nothing to deter someone else from doing the same thing.

They should just take his offer, put him in jail and let him fade away and disappear from the public conscious.

04-01-2013, 12:37 PM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	A good example of what is wrong with the death penalty. The guy that shot up the theater in Colorado during the Batman movie made an offer last week to plead guilty to all charges in exchange for life in prison without parole. Today the prosecutors declined the offer and are going to seek the death penalty. I don't for a second disagree with the idea that this guy deserves to die for what he did, but now the case is going to drag on for months in court and not only is the community going to get to relive every gruesome detail, they are going to spend a ton of money on his defense and all his appeals after he is found guilty. And there is still no guarantee that he will end up with the death penalty because he will likely work some kind of insanity plea into this so if he is found to be mentally ill the jury may choose to not give him death. And during all of this the guy gets more publicity which is likely what he wants. The best possible scenario here is that he is sentenced to death, his appeals are denied and in 10-15 years he is actually put to death and all of this will do nothing to deter someone else from doing the same thing. They should just take his offer, put him in jail and let him fade away and disappear from the public conscious.