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Texas Death Penalty Case.......por El Toro

  Author:  27360  Category:(Debate) Created:(3/26/2001 8:39:00 PM)
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case concerning a convicted killer on death row. His name is Johnny Paul Penry, he is mentally retarded and is reported to have the mental capacity of a 7 year old. Prosecutors contend that he is ignorant and not retarded, that he is a schemer and can be deceptive. He is convicted and sentenced to deat for killing Pamela Moseley Carpenter in Livingston, Texas in 1979. I will save you the details as this is after all a g-rated site. Now the justices have already ruled that the Constitution allows for the execution of mentally retarded killers. Penrys lawyers contend that jurors were not given enough chance to consider his mental awareness. The US 5th Circuit upheld his conviction last June....

Now the reason for this brief story:

While I am in favor of the Death Penalty I also contend that not all cases are black and white. Earlier I read a comment by someone saying we should kill everyone as soon as they are convicted, well I dont believe we should. I believe that there should be an appeals process. After all we surely do not want to see an innocent man put to death. It is very easy for a person to be railroaded by the police and prosecutors. Now dont get me wrong, Once that person is sentenced and his appeal process is over then he should meet his punishment. I just dont feel right about taking a kill them all attitude.

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Date: 3/26/2001 8:41:00 PM  From Authorid: 23956    I have to agree with you, there are cases, like the one you talked about that should not be considered for the death penalty. Logan51
Date: 3/26/2001 8:45:00 PM  From Authorid: 3538    Oh,I do not think the kill them all attitude is the way to solve things.I definitley feel that there should be an appeals process ,too.Actually,I am against the death penalty.My mind may change later,but for now I am against the death penalty.  
Date: 3/26/2001 8:45:00 PM  From Authorid: 16612    I am a strong supporter of the Death Penalty.LOL, on my website I have a marquee that says "I SUPPORT THE DEATH PENALTY" and underneath that it says "Support Conservative Judicial Action".lol. and it has a picture of an electric chair.lol   
Date: 3/26/2001 9:01:00 PM  From Authorid: 27500    Nice post. Makes a lot of sense, but my contention is: How many appeals did these killers give their victims? Grey Soul
Date: 3/26/2001 9:06:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 27360    Like I said I am not against the Death Penalty,Tesser, but what about the ones that are innocent and because of inadequate representation were sentenced to die?
Hey thanks Logan and Justice Griffin for reading and replying (well I am off to go get some ZZZZZZZ's)
  
Date: 3/26/2001 9:11:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 27360    But you see Grey you are implying that every single one of those people on death row are guilty. I dont believe that every single one of them are. If only one of those men or women are innocent then dont we owe it to him to find out. after all what does it say about use if we kill him. I guess my only concern is what if a crooked cop plants evidence or a Prosecutor neglets to inform the defence attorney about some key evidence that would prove the defendent innocent  
Date: 3/26/2001 9:19:00 PM  From Authorid: 28363    Yes, i agree with you about your position, and i
known sum coppers that are railroaders. I dna should
be used. In this guys case, if he did it, slow or
not, bye-bye. He used up his excuses when he did
the dead. Great Post...
  
Date: 3/26/2001 10:08:00 PM  From Authorid: 16671    I agree with you, not all cases are black and white. Matter of fact I agree with you on all that you said.  
Date: 3/27/2001 12:10:00 AM  From Authorid: 27500    Okay, I see your reasoning now. I was really talking about the people who were guilty beyond doubt. Child killer, especially. I do understand what you're saying. It makes perfect sense. Grey Soul
Date: 3/27/2001 4:38:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 27360    Thanks Amigos for reading and replying. Its been maybe 15 years since I have written anything (thats about the time I got out of highschool) so I am a little rusty at it. But I hope I am getting better at it. When I first saw this site I said "hey I can do that" but now I see its not as easy as it looks.  
Date: 3/27/2001 9:39:00 AM  From Authorid: 13387    If the murder was committed in 1979, that man has been in the appeals process for 21 (going on 22) years. That's just wrong, I don't care how mentally retarded he is. Either put him in a mental institution or strap him in the chair. For pete's sake, he's been in jail since Jimmy Carter was in the middle of his presidency. An ineffective justice system serves no one. The Shadow Crow.  

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