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2009-11-18 -Lurid Crime Tales-

U.S. Supreme Court restores, for the third time, death sentence for California murderer

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Posted by Fred 2009-11-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Follow the money.

Posted by 3dc 2009-11-18 00:15|| 2009-11-18 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Tell me again why our "justice" system will do such a good job with the terrorists?

Posted by gorb 2009-11-18 01:09|| 2009-11-18 01:09|| Front Page Top

#3 "LAW ABIDING CITIZEN" Movie > When "the System" fails and Truth Justice + pet Dawgs, etc. can't be found anywhere, not even by those legally andor publicly responsible for protecting, empowering, and defending same, NO ONE IS MORE "EVIL", MORE "MAFIA", MORE "GANGSTA, ANARCHIST + BRAD PITT-AS-ACHILLES-IN-TROY BLOODTHIRSTY AND MURDEROUSLY VIOLENT LIKE A PISSED OFF GOOD GUY!

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-11-18 01:35|| na]">[na] 2009-11-18 01:35|| Front Page Top

#4 We don't or rarely use the death penalty. IMHO if it takes 20-30 for justice to runits course then it is a useless punishment. This is but one of the many cases where there is no doubt about the murderer yet it takes 20+ years to carry out the sentence. We need to be more like Texas.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2009-11-18 08:37|| 2009-11-18 08:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Sarge,

It's the ruling legal caste that desperately wants to impose 'law' of its own mind over the consent of the governed. The death penalty clearly shows that all we're suppose to have is the facade of a representative republic but are not allow to actually make it happen.

There are around 4 to 5 thousand people on death rows across the country waiting decades in these cases. Meanwhile the death penalty is carried out around 18,000 times a year in our streets, our neighborhoods, our businesses, our homes, even our schools. The ruling caste demands perfection of the process, but fails abjectly to deliver perfection in our protection. That daily death penalty alters our behaviors. We lock our doors and windows at night. We do not travel through certain parts of our cities and towns. We worry when the sun goes down about where our children are at. Wasn't always like that. I still remember when it wasn't. However, back then, the death penalty of the state wasn't as perfect, but it was swift.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-11-18 08:47|| 2009-11-18 08:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Importantly, keep your eye on the SCOTUS about death penalty cases. I think they were sending a signal with the expeditious execution of the Virginia shooter that they want States to speed up the process.

The critical thing about this case is that California is in the Kennedy jurisdiction, and he is not in the 5 justice majority that found for Virginia. However, he cannot unilaterally overturn a death penalty.

The nine justices divide up the 13 circuit districts like this:

Roberts - D.C., 4th, and Federal Circuit
Breyer - 1st Circuit
Ginsburg - 2nd Circuit
Alito - 3rd and 8th Circuit
Scalia - 5th Circuit
Stevens - 6th and 7th Circuit
Kennedy - 9th Circuit
Sotomayor - 10th Circuit
Thomas - 11th Circuit

(map of Circuit courts)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_court_of_appeals

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-11-18 10:00|| 2009-11-18 10:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Slow down mammograms. Speed up executions. Hmmmm, very interesting.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-11-18 10:07|| 2009-11-18 10:07|| Front Page Top

#8 this is Reinhardt's doing. F*cking tool. Die soon, please

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-18 18:47|| 2009-11-18 18:47|| Front Page Top

#9 this is Reinhardt's doing. F*cking tool. Die soon, please

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-18 18:47|| 2009-11-18 18:47|| Front Page Top

#10 huh....I got *404* Verboten! warnings both times

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-18 18:48|| 2009-11-18 18:48|| Front Page Top

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