Connecticut death row inmates

There are 10 inmates on Connecticut's death row: NAME: Lazale Ashby, 24 CRIME; Ashby was convicted of raping and murdering his 21-year-old neighbor, Elizabeth Garcia, in her apartment on Dec.

[fenster]

ah, diversity in the community, aint it great?

[okk]

ok so why havent we k*lled these people yet?

[Bart S]

Are we sure that spending a few million we can't re-habilitate these "GOOD" citizens ??
Other option for less than the cost of their lunch one round to the back of the head. No repeat offenders.

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Bart S wrote:

Are we sure that spending a few million we can't re-habilitate these "GOOD" citizens ??
Other option for less than the cost of their lunch one round to the back of the head. No repeat offenders.

hey, we need them for the sheff program.

[RetiredVet]

If all DNA test prove they committed the crimes and there are NO MORE delays, then why not carry out the Letter-of-the-Law???? It costs MORE to keep these 10 alive then it would to do what the juries and the law handed down! These guys have more then any person while in jail and the cost per person is supposedly about $250,000 for a life sentence each or $2.5 Million for these guys. I do not believe in killing, but these 10 deserve it for the crimes they committed without any remorse or guilt. They have NO MORALES!! AND THEY CAN NOT BE RE-HABILATED!

[JRobert]

RetiredVet wrote:

If all DNA test prove they committed the crimes and there are NO MORE delays, then why not carry out the Letter-of-the-Law???? It costs MORE to keep these 10 alive then it would to do what the juries and the law handed down! These guys have more then any person while in jail and the cost per person is supposedly about $250,000 for a life sentence each or $2.5 Million for these guys. I do not believe in killing, but these 10 deserve it for the crimes they committed without any remorse or guilt. They have NO MORALES!! AND THEY CAN NOT BE RE-HABILATED!

Putting aside my personal ethical argument against state sanctioned executions (i.e. the state can't guarantee that it will never be wrong, and even one innocent man executed by mistake is one too many) your own argument shows that the death penalty is ten times more expensive than a life sentence.

Since a "death penalty" in Connecticut is really a "life sentence", we're spending all that money for nothing.

[Pleepleus]

JRobert wrote:

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Putting aside my personal ethical argument against state sanctioned executions (i.e. the state can't guarantee that it will never be wrong, and even one innocent man executed by mistake is one too many) your own argument shows that the death penalty is ten times more expensive than a life sentence.
Since a "death penalty" in Connecticut is really a "life sentence", we're spending all that money for nothing.

Just politics. Some pols just want to be able to say; "we have a death penalty here - we support the death penalty". How many has Conn. executed in last 50 years - 2?

[Bart S]

JRobert wrote:

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Putting aside my personal ethical argument against state sanctioned executions (i.e. the state can't guarantee that it will never be wrong, and even one innocent man executed by mistake is one too many) your own argument shows that the death penalty is ten times more expensive than a life sentence.
Since a "death penalty" in Connecticut is really a "life sentence", we're spending all that money for nothing.

Solve the problem for less than the cost of a bologna sandwich,,, one in the back of the head. Death penalty should be fast and cheap.

[JRobert]

Bart S wrote:

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Solve the problem for less than the cost of a bologna sandwich,,, one in the back of the head. Death penalty should be fast and cheap.

Regardless of our differences about whether or not the state should be trusted to get it right 100% of the time, your blood lust "solution" might sound righteous to you but it has no relation to reality.

Reality is that "death penalities" in Connecticut are "life sentences" with a price tag of $2.5 million vs $250,000.

[Annie Oakley]

Maybe we should pay LESS for their care and food and MORE for educating children.

This country is DOOMED. COMPLETELY DOOMED due to it's misguided sense of right and wrong.

[Pasquale Daly]

I really think that "last meal" thing needs to be abolished... total waste of food !!!

[Pasquale Daly]

Annie Oakley wrote:

Maybe we should pay LESS for their care and food and MORE for educating children.
This country is DOOMED. COMPLETELY DOOMED due to it's misguided sense of right and wrong.

Ain"t it true Annie, it seems the worse of a person you are, the better off you are !! I was taught to live life by the book..... sometimes I have to wonder... wtf is it getting me ??? I guess a clean conscience , and a sense of integrity will be enough.

[Grampy]

Bart S wrote:

Are we sure that spending a few million we can't re-habilitate these "GOOD" citizens ??
Other option for less than the cost of their lunch one round to the back of the head. No repeat offenders.

In China they used do the one round to the back of the head and then charge the deceased relatives for the bullet. Very cost effective.

[Georgie B]

JRobert wrote:

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Regardless of our differences about whether or not the state should be trusted to get it right 100% of the time, your blood lust "solution" might sound righteous to you but it has no relation to reality.
Reality is that "death penalities" in Connecticut are "life sentences" with a price tag of $2.5 million vs $250,000.

Which is due to the mulitple layers of appeals that inmates can pursue.

And who foots the bills for this? The taxpayers of course.

One way to cut down on the cost, is to limit the multiple amount of appeals one inmate can do in the course of trying to overturn his/her sentence.

[Yup]

Grampy wrote:

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In China they used do the one round to the back of the head and then charge the deceased relatives for the bullet. Very cost effective.

Clearly the U.S. should aspire to the fabulous human and civil rights standards found in China.

[JRobert]

Georgie B wrote:

<quoted text>Which is due to the mulitple layers of appeals that inmates can pursue.
And who foots the bills for this? The taxpayers of course.
One way to cut down on the cost, is to limit the multiple amount of appeals one inmate can do in the course of trying to overturn his/her sentence.

Except that ain't ever gonna happen in this state. We're just gonna keep throwing tens of millions of dollars at the pretense of a death penalty.

[dirt]

life in prison no possibility of parole with hard labor.

[Grampy]

In view of the budget deficit we should do away with the death row solitary confinement policy. Double them up, two per cell. Pretty soon we will only have 5 inmates on death row left to execute.

[Grampy]

Yup wrote:

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Clearly the U.S. should aspire to the fabulous human and civil rights standards found in China.

Its inmates on death row. Who is talking about humans?

[Georgie B]

JRobert wrote:

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Except that ain't ever gonna happen in this state. We're just gonna keep throwing tens of millions of dollars at the pretense of a death penalty.

Which is unfortunate, because it needs to be fixed.

The death penalty used to be a deterrent. Now because of multiple appeals (at least in this state), it's decades before someone (if ever) gets executed.

Funny how what states that either cry the loudest about being tough on crime, are usually the ones that throw up enough roadblocks to protect the criminal from the consequences of his/her actions.