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Originally posted by GotGauge
I should of stated it more clearly, yes, I believe in like 1 or 2 extra, but some people, it is just a stalling method...
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When you're on trial for your "LIFE" you should have every "stalling method" at your disposal.
Not everyone is afforded a defense team like OJ...in most cases people are given lawyers who have never defended a capital offense in their lives...they are ill prepared etc.
The state has at it's disposal the necessary funds to prosecute you but give you limited funds to defend yourself.
This means you may not have the scientists needed to disprove or cast doubt on dna evidence against you...or hell to even bring forth dna evidence to prove your innocence.
Some of these "stalling methods" are like a case in Texas where a man convicted of murder was trying to get a new trial because his lawyer slept during some of the proceedings.
If we followed your rules he wouldn't have lived long enough to see a judge finally award him a new trial based on the fact that his lawyer slept.
We are talking about utilizing a punishment method that is irreversible...you can't just say..."whoops we pulled the switch on the wrong guy...sorry....we want a do over."
It is because we expect fallible human beings to investigate these crimes...fallible human beings to prosecute these crimes...fallible human beings to defend those that are accused of these crimes...fallible human beings to sit in judgement during the prosecution of these crimes...and ultimately fallible human beings who sit in judgement (the jury) of the person accused of these crimes that I no longer believe in capital punishment.
People make mistakes and I do not want Billy Bo Jim Bob who couldn't even complete his GED to be the guy deciding my fate.