Comments on: Defense Lawyers Question Death Penalty Jury Instructions

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 18:43:28 +0000

REGARDING:
“Do away with death penalty altogether give life in prison with one appeal then that’s it. Stop all this crap only lawyers are making out they love this stuff making millions!!!!!!!”

Life in prison isn’t justice if you are innocent.

If you have your heart set on NOT killing killers, convince the people of the states to amend the Constitution to not have Capital cases, which is where it acknowledges cases worthy of killing the convicted criminals.

Also, if you want to kill the right to appeal, convince the people of the states to amend the Constitution to not allow more than one appeal, since it grants convicted criminals the right to appeal a wrongful conviction and/or punishment.
.
Convince the individual states too, since it is written into the state constitution.

Just keep in mind:
“If the trial judge fails to protect the defendant’s rights adequately,
then unless the defendant has recourse to appellate review, all of
the theoretically guaranteed constitutional rights may prove
worthless. Unless the concentrated powers of the trial judge are
to go unchecked, some type of a second hearing-an appeal-is
constitutionally required by the due process clause of the fourteenth
amendment.

“An absolute right to appeal functions as a check against the
erroneous judgment, or the intentional despotism, of the solitary
trial judge. ”
( from http://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1197&context=sulr )

Think of the worst judge and the worst lawyer you have ever heard of and ask yourself if you would you want your life to depend on them alone?

I say all this even while knowing most appeals are a ruse to avoid justice.

David for more than a single strike before you’re out

By: bwayne

bwayne — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:46:38 +0000

Let me ask this: If a defendant accused of murder waives his trial by jury and settles for the judge, does this new stuff stop the judge from imposing the death penalty? If so, I see a lot of trials that will no longer have juries.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:33:14 +0000

By now everybody knows that all this is being kept up in the air artificially. Whatever keeps the money coming in, I suppose. The term “bottom feeder” comes to mind.

By: fisherman

fisherman — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 11:46:05 +0000

This is crap. The lawyers are making millions off death row inmates appeals. We as tax payers are paying for this. One appeal after the other. Give them one year to get all this wrong doing at trial and one appeal. Death in the year the appeal is settled.
Do away with death penalty altogether give life in prison with one appeal then that’s it. Stop all this crap only lawyers are making out they love this stuff making millions!!!!!!!