How sweet it is!

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Judge Imposes Death Penalty for Peterson

""Apart from shaking his head 'no,' I didn't see any reaction," said Mike Church, an alternate juror who was in the courtroom for Wednesday's hearing. "He sat as he did during the rest of the trial, looking stoic, unemotional and almost resentful.""

""His experience at San Quentin is going to be miserable," said criminal defense attorney Yale Galanter. "This is the type of guy who will need protective custody. I don't think Scott Peterson will do well there at all.""

Good.

“Mother is the name for God on the hearts and lips of all children”.

Burn in hell, you son of a bitch.

Comments

[katharinakatt.livejournal.com]

And being murdered isn't painful?

This isn't putting down a dangerous dog. There's a difference.

[ironheadjane.livejournal.com]

I don't see a lot of difference between being murdered by an individual and being murdered by the state. Both cases are premeditated killing. *shrug* Murder is murder, no matter who does it or the motive behind it. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, as they say.

[katharinakatt.livejournal.com]

Never did figure out the logic on that.

As if punishment is the same as committing the crime. What's the point then?

You might agree, you might not.

[ironheadjane.livejournal.com]

I think that the death penalty, as a punishment, is the very same as the crime of murder.

ie. not punishment at all.

I never did understand how death was a punishment.

I mean, if you want to push it further, what is the role of criminal prosecution, justice and incarceration in society? Is it punishment or rehabilitation? Is it an end result or a continuing process. Is it looking towards the future or condemning the past?

I think in some ways, death can be viewed as the ultimate release from pain and responsibility. In the end, the death penalty seems just an exercise in retribution, not meant to "punish" as much as it's meant to make the victims (and the society surrounding them) feel powerful where they once felt powerless.

If people truly felt there was no redemption for this person, and that they're punishment should be PUNISHMENT instead of release, I would think there would be more people in favor of horrific torture and experimentation on the guilty. Lord knows, there's plenty who work in the system who see to it that prisoners are treated like less than human beings. Many feel they deserve it. *shrug*

The criminal justice system is such a crazy creature.

Re: The criminal justice system is such a crazy creature.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

That's because we ask it to be all of the above. Not to mention infalliable, cost-effective, swift, and unbiased.