Subject: Re: Federal death penalty
Not my vision, I just recommend making the process more protective and yet swifter.

I'm on the fence. On the one hand, there's truth in the saying that
Some people just need killin'.

On the other hand, there's a steady stream of folks who, after years of incarceration, are completely exonerated.... and get to walk out quite alive.

Search keywords: murder + exonerated + prison

-Las Vegas AP—Sat December 14, 2024 - "US jury finds Vegas police fabricated evidence in 2001 killing, awards $34 million to exonerated woman.

A federal jury in Nevada has awarded more than $34 million to a woman who was arrested at age 18, wrongly convicted twice, and served nearly 16 years in a Nevada state prison for a 2001 killing she did not commit.

Justices said evidence showed that Lobato was in her hometown of Panaca, Nevada, some 150 miles from Las Vegas when Bailey was killed.
Kirstin Lobato, who is now 41 cried and hugged her attorneys after a judge read the trial verdict Thursday in US District Court.
"

16 years...Ooof!

Dec 17, 2024 - A Brooklyn native who spent nearly 30 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit was exonerated in 2020, and he's still adjusting to life outside of prison.

It's on all of us when we wrongly kill people.

But on the other hand... it's nuts that a guy like Randy Kraft wasn't mulched promptly following his conviction.

As of 2024, Kraft remains on death row at San Quentin State Prison. He continues to deny responsibility for any of the homicides he was either convicted of or suspected of committing.