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The new mexico full senate is due to vote on this law.
I for one do not have an opinion, other than this: how many people have had the death penalty imposed on them in other states, and were wrongfully convicted, and through DNA testing, were later found to be innocent. I think if any state has the death penalty, they'd better be gosh darned sure they are convicting the right person and sentencing them to death. there would be nothing worse than killing someone for something they didn't do! The Associated Press: NM Senate committee OKs death penalty repeal
in this film, see link, the ox bow incident depicts a band of town vigilantes who band together to hang several people for a crime they didn't commit. Ox-Bow Incident
I have seen this film, who stars henry fonda, henry morgan and others, and just can imagine the sickening feelings these men/vigilantes must have felt after doing the wrong they did. while our modern court system is in no way a comparison to a force of vigilantes, condemning someone to death is a very serious matter, and not to be taken lightly.
what's your feelings about repealing this law? are you for or against it? and what's your reasoning behind your opinion?
> I for one do not have an opinion, other than this:
O> how many people have had the death penalty imposed on them
O> in other states, and were wrongfully convicted, and through
O> DNA testing, were later found to be innocent.
I'd call that a question rather than an opinion.
> what's your feelings about repealing this law?
> are you for or against it?
> ... your reasoning behind your opinion?
I'm for repeal because of the question asked above.
Another reason I have is that, personally, I'd rather be put to death than spend my life behind bars. I don't care if I was up for parole in ten or twenty years. I'd rather be dead.
Therefore, using transferrence, I assume that a real murderer would pay a bigger price spending their life behind bars.
The new mexico full senate is due to vote on this law.
I for one do not have an opinion, other than this: how many people have had the death penalty imposed on them in other states, and were wrongfully convicted, and through DNA testing, were later found to be innocent. I think if any state has the death penalty, they'd better be gosh darned sure they are convicting the right person and sentencing them to death. there would be nothing worse than killing someone for something they didn't do! The Associated Press: NM Senate committee OKs death penalty repeal
in this film, see link, the ox bow incident depicts a band of town vigilantes who band together to hang several people for a crime they didn't commit. Ox-Bow Incident
I have seen this film, who stars henry fonda, henry morgan and others, and just can imagine the sickening feelings these men/vigilantes must have felt after doing the wrong they did. while our modern court system is in no way a comparison to a force of vigilantes, condemning someone to death is a very serious matter, and not to be taken lightly.
what's your feelings about repealing this law? are you for or against it? and what's your reasoning behind your opinion?
well, I happen to believe in the death penalty but only for the most hidious crimes..Of course mistakes have been made, but now, with DNA (which really has only been perfected for about the last 10-20 years) it is less likely people who are innocent will be found guilty.
Add this to the fact NM has only used the death penalty once (?) in god know how many years, I hope it is not repealed.
BTW, don't put too much into any movies you see, whether based on true happenings or complete fiction..
I for one do not have an opinion, other than this: how many people have had the death penalty imposed on them in other states, and were wrongfully convicted
How about: How many people in the United States have been wrongly executed by a legal court of law?
I'm in favor of keeping capital punishment around.
Does the death penalty deter all violent crime? No. Does it deter some violent crime? Absolutely.
When correcting for economic and political differences, studies have been performed that indicate each execution deters between 3-14 murders.
For every 2.75 years of waiting on death row before an execution, one less murder is deterred.
Since a murderer's life is worth no more than a murderee's, and certainly no more than multiple murderees, it's simple math.
I have not seen any peer-reviewed study that indicates the murder rate goes up or stays the same for areas which impose capital punishment.
Based on this data, I look upon any political figure who advocates curtailing capital punishment as advocating murder and either being ignorant or hypocritical about it.
Does my state have the death penalty?
Yes, New Mexico has executed a total of 1 person since 1976. New Mexico activists are still concentrating on abolition, rather than moratorium, as their goal. An abolition bill passed out of committee in February 2003. It is now pending a floor vote.
What is my governor's position on the death penalty?
Gov. Bill Richardson (D) favors the death penalty as long as there are strict standards to keep anyone innocent from being executed.
How many people are on Death Row in my state?
Of the 2 prisoners on Death Row in New Mexico, both are white.
I'm not sure how authoritative the source is. Assuming it's accurate, NM has executed only one prisoner in over 30 years, and has only 2 presently on death row...
I don't see that it makes a hell of a lot of difference either way, except for the principle of it.
> I for one do not have an opinion, other than this:
O> how many people have had the death penalty imposed on them
O> in other states, and were wrongfully convicted, and through
O> DNA testing, were later found to be innocent.
I'd call that a question rather than an opinion.
> what's your feelings about repealing this law?
> are you for or against it?
> ... your reasoning behind your opinion?
I'm for repeal because of the question asked above.
Another reason I have is that, personally, I'd rather be put to death than spend my life behind bars. I don't care if I was up for parole in ten or twenty years. I'd rather be dead.
Therefore, using transferrence, I assume that a real murderer would pay a bigger price spending their life behind bars.
My opinion clarified so you can read thru the mud:
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I think if any state has the death penalty, they'd better be gosh darned sure they are convicting the right person and sentencing them to death. there would be nothing worse than killing someone for something they didn't do!
I'm not sure how authoritative the source is. Assuming it's accurate, NM has executed only one prisoner in over 30 years, and has only 2 presently on death row...
I don't see that it makes a hell of a lot of difference either way, except for the principle of it.
I am 99% sure you are correct. we left NM in June, at that time those stats were correct. I just wasn't sure if any had been executed since.
I'm not sure how authoritative the source is. Assuming it's accurate, NM has executed only one prisoner in over 30 years, and has only 2 presently on death row...
I don't see that it makes a hell of a lot of difference either way, except for the principle of it.
New Mexico has executed one person since 1960. There are two men on death row whose sentences would be unaffected by the repeal.
I don't think having the death penalty on the books for punishment of a crime deters crime at all. do we think that violent crime offenders really have thought of what their punishment would be if they're caught and convicted? I doubt it. most violent offenders have little thought when committing an act, of at least what they face. if we stepped backwards in time to the days of the old west, when people were hung for merely stealing horses, and kept those punishments in affect and continued that use throughout the years till today, we would probably have less crime overall. e.g., hang people for stealing cars, there would be less auto theft. there would be clarity of what the laws are, and of what punishments for committing crimes would be. but, in todays civility and modernisation of law, it has become lax over the years, allowing people to literally get away with murder. because of prison overcrowding, and so forth, murderers are let go after serving short sentences and being good. they call it parole.
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