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dogula · 11-13-2004, 10:42 PM

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Mostly it is trial costs that bump the total price up.

And as far as keeping them in for an extended period of time, our legal system does allow a person who was convicted of a crime to appeal their conviction (because of evidence mishandling, bad police work, bad trial). The whole process can take years. If a person were to not contest the sentence they probably would be executed within a year.

And our judicial system is not about getting retribution for the victim or their familiy. It is about punishing a criminal for their crime against society.

And again, I don't see how we collectively are any better than the criminal if we murder him right back.

11-13-2004, 10:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
dogula Established Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 440	http://www.mindspring.com/~phporter/econ.html Mostly it is trial costs that bump the total price up. And as far as keeping them in for an extended period of time, our legal system does allow a person who was convicted of a crime to appeal their conviction (because of evidence mishandling, bad police work, bad trial). The whole process can take years. If a person were to not contest the sentence they probably would be executed within a year. And our judicial system is not about getting retribution for the victim or their familiy. It is about punishing a criminal for their crime against society. And again, I don't see how we collectively are any better than the criminal if we murder him right back.