Raven

The philosophy is:

Better to set ten guilty men free than to impose sentence on one innocent man....(including women and children here...)

I agree that innocents are imprisoned, along with the guilty. The reasons are many, not the least of which is economics...whomsoever can afford the best attorney has the largest opportunity to 'get' off....

BUT....

Fix the legal system.

If the death penalty is going to be repealed, since studies have shown it hasn't shown itself to be much of a deterrent to others......then, fix the damned system.

1. Clean up the legal system and provide what is needed for a healthy and vigorous defense and prosecution. In this way, everyone gets a fair shot, thereby reducing the after trial costs.

2. Create a program where prisoners are useful to society in a way that benefits society.
Turn the prisons into work houses...let them make license plates....let them work landfills or garbage....allow them to volunteer to be human guinea pigs for medical research..I always liked that one....

3. If the death penalty is to remain in place, then do it already. Convict. Take them out back and mercifully put a bullet through the brain and be done with it.

This country waffles too much.

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