| >Death by the means you mentioned is determined by people. A jury of 12 "peers". Those people are not government fat cats and don't really know or care what the president thinks about the matter.
point conceded. but who decides if they even have the option? the legislature of a particular state, and the prosecutor who decides to ask for it. if the jury has already convicted the person of the crime, they are already convinced of his guilt, however they may have come to that conclusion. the basis of our cj system is "better to let 100 guilty men go free, than to unjustly convict one innocent." this is why the burden of proof is on the prosecution (innocent until proven guilty). but, with the death penalty, there is no taking it back if it is found to be mistaken. and as for assassination, is that we will never be sure who was responsible any comfort to you? |
