This Idiot Needs to Retire, What a Waste of Oxygen
Justice: 'Serious flaws' in death penalty
Stevens changes subject in debate over O'Connor's replacement
Sunday, August 7, 2005; Posted: 9:14 p.m. EDT (01:14 GMT)
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens steered the debate over President Bush's nominee to a new subject -- capital punishment -- sharply condemning the country's death penalty system.
The court has been closely divided in death row cases, with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor often in the middle.
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Other Supreme Court justices, including O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, have also spoken out about concerns that defendants in murder cases are not adequately represented at trial.
But Stevens told the ABA that the problems were more dramatic.
He said the jury selection process and the fact that many trial judges are elected work against accused murderers. He also said that jurors might be improperly swayed by victim-impact statements.
Yes, we obviously need to be more concerned with the criminal's rights than the victim's. Afterall what do victims know about suffering? We need to get rid of this loser and Ginsberg. Then America might have a chance of returning to its former glory.
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posted by Will Malven at 5:55 AM
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You're obviously missing the whole point, you dolt. Talking about "criminal rights" is willful ignorance: The basic objection Stevens is raising is that people who aren't criminals are being convicted and executed.
In dozens of cases, evidence has subsequently COMPLETELY EXHONORATED people who served many years on death row, and would have been put to death years before if the bloodthirsty had their way. How many innocent people have we put to death?
The other effect of this, of course, is that there are guilty people walking free because there's a rush to convict the first guy the cops get their hands on. All too often (especially if you're poor and black), the trial is a formality.
But if you're a right-winger, looking tough is more important than looking smart, I guess.
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