Jury recommends execution for Scott Peterson

Lethal Injection.

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The gas chamber is still in use in California as well.Either way it's all good. I changed it.

Lethal Injection.

hahahahah ya beat me to it.  but whattaya spect from a guy who resides in a state where they still have a firing squad? 

Dont forget...We just quit hanging people 10 years ago...

...We just quit hanging people 10 years ago

i know it all too well.  i got stuck with about 100,000 unsold 'utah capital criminals are well-hung' bumperstickers.

I think he would have been worse off if they just let him rot in prision for the rest of his pitiful life...see my article.

I hate capital punishment. It is barbaric and cruel.

I want some King!!! Gimme!

Well latour, will make you feel better knowing he will probably die in prison of old age before they execute him?

I wonder if the sentencing would have been the same without the media.

Prolly not .

I understand the need for vengence.  I understand the need to feel like justice has been served. 

But will killing him bring Lacey and Connor back?  No.  Will it make what he did any less heinous?  No. 

I'm caught, I really am.  On the one hand, I'm aware of how miserable life on death row can be.....and on the other, I can understand the reasoning behind "well, Laci won't live to see the sunrise again, so why should he" mentality.

The impact statements broke my heart.  laci's mother on the stand, describing her funeral...how she knew that laci and connor were in the same casket, but that she also knew that laci didn't have any arms to hold her son with......even now it brings tears to my eyes.

but it still doesn't give me the feeling that executing him would be just punishment.

I think he would have been worse off if they just let him rot in prision for the rest of his pitiful life...see my article.

He is gonna rot in prison. It'll be years, if ever, if California carrys out the sentence.

but it still doesn't give me the feeling that executing him would be just punishment.

it does me.

it does me.

I can see why, given your occupation.

But how can a humane death be retribution for what he did?

But how can a humane death be retribution for what he did?

It can't be. Nothing will bring her or her child back. The whole damn thing is pointless, really. I've known lots of murderers, some worse than this guy by far in my opinion. What i've observed is that when no one is watching but a peon like me, these kind of people are trully remorseless and evil. That kind of wickedness needs to go...

Shovel...I'm so torn. I know what you're talking about, and I agree that something has to be done.  One part of me wants that mudering bastard to cry and piss his pants with fear on the way to his execution...but another part realizes that killing him, whilst it rids society of his evil, does no good.  It doesn't bring anyone back, it doesn't make anything right again.

I guess I'm going to have to come off the fence sometime, huh?

I guess I'm going to have to come off the fence sometime, huh?

No, the fence is a good place to be. Who is wise among us to know the right thing? Oh yeah, check your e-mail. You'll see why I like to write for the distraction it brings

Execution of Scott Peterson. Well he did kill his wife and unborn child. Some would say an eye for an eye type of thing, and I have to agree with that myself, at least in this case. But there are other reason that will sound cruel maybe but none the less true. It cost around $26,000 per year, per inmate to house them in a prison system, and that is if they do not require extra attention or have medical issue. Do you really want to spend your tax dollars feed someone like this that committed such a crime? I myself do not. Cold but true.

Execution of Scott Peterson. Well he did kill his wife and unborn child. Some would say an eye for an eye type of thing, and I have to agree with that myself, at least in this case. But there are other reason that will sound cruel maybe but none the less true. It cost around $26,000 per year, per inmate to house them in a prison system, and that is if they do not require extra attention or have medical issue. Do you really want to spend your tax dollars feed someone like this that committed such a crime? I myself do not. Cold but true.

It also costs money to buy the necessary supplies/equipment, hire people, and keep everything working. Plus the extra time it takes in court to decide whether or not to use the death penalty. Plus, what if he didn't commit the crime? So many people have been killed and then later been found innocent. It costs money to keep anyone in jail. Why don't we just kill everyone?

Morally, I don't think anything can justify taking a life except to save another. I believe anyone has the moral right to his/her life no matter what, even if others think its justified to take it. That way, people are protected against any oppressive system that thinks its justified to kill black people or whatever. At this point, Laci and her baby are already dead. Keeping Scott in jail would serve the same purpose as killing him. The only reasons people like the death penalty are revenge and money. First, human lives should never be used as a tool for revenge. Killing Scott won't bring back Laci and the baby. Putting him in jail for life would be punishment enough. Second, sure, money is important, but its nothing compared to a human life, even one that has committed murder.

It also costs money to buy the necessary supplies/equipment, hire people, and keep everything working. Plus the extra time it takes in court to decide whether or not to use the death penalty. Plus, what if he didn't commit the crime? So many people have been killed and then later been found innocent. It costs money to keep anyone in jail. Why don't we just kill everyone?

That's what appeals are for. Besides, it's never pleasurable for the wrongfully accused, even if they aren't put to death. In fact, I'm willing to wager that at least one person has died in prison who hasn't committed the crime for which they were thrown in there. And sentencing always takes some time.

That way, people are protected against any oppressive system that thinks its justified to kill black people or whatever.

So, by keeping prisons, people aren't protected against an oppressive system that thinks it's justified to incarcerate black people or whatever?

At this point, Laci and her baby are already dead. Keeping Scott in jail would serve the same purpose as killing him. The only reasons people like the death penalty are revenge and money. First, human lives should never be used as a tool for revenge. Killing Scott won't bring back Laci and the baby. Putting him in jail for life would be punishment enough. Second, sure, money is important, but its nothing compared to a human life, even one that has committed murder.

I didn't realize everybody who supported the death penalty supported it because they are vindictive and greedy. By the way, what's the point of putting him in prison for life if not for revenge? After all, unless he's planning to kill again, it's not as if putting him in prison will bring Laci and the unborn child back from the dead.

Well...I'm a supporter of the death penalty for the most part, with a few exceptions. I think in this case the punishment is fitting for the crime. But like i said earlier the state of California is notoriously slow when it comes to executing of death row inmates.

Let's face it, they ain't Texas.

It's cheaper on the taxpayer for the guy to sit in prison than to go through the zillions of appeals for decades until they finally kill him, if it even happens. Therefore, I'm in favor of the cheaper method. And I'm fairly sure that the small number of deaths as a result from capital punishment don't serve as much of a deterrent, so that makes it something of a lame duck. I'm not saying he doesn't deserve it (I wasn't on the jury, I wouldn't know), but I don't think it's a practical solution.

-A.

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Dharma is right. Nothing any of us do will bring Laci and her son back. Nothing will make this right. But there are some things you just can't let stand. I don't know how this kind of thing can happen, what pushes the button in the back of a man's mind, where he turns from a jerk into a monster by deciding that the solution to his problems is to kill his wife and hide the body. They need to take him out into the San Francisco bay, wrap him in 50 feet of chain and toss him in.