- Nov 5, 2005
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Mississippi Red
Why are people sentenced to death given SO LONG a time to live?
I believe a person should only be sentenced to death after they are proven WITHOUT DOUBT to be guilty of murder.
But when that judgement is pronounced....it should be carried out relatively quick.
I don't mean in 10 minutes, they could have a week or a month just incase something comes up.
But hell, you don't let somebody sit up for 20 years getting fat and reforming themselves, just to show up one day smiling and jangling keys at them saying "Time to go buddy boy".
Not only is that mentally cruel, but it's UNUSUAL because historicly most death sentences were carried out immediately.
This speaks to another problem.For instance my first cousin Terry Williams killed a good friend of mine John West ( God rest his soul) in cold blooded premeditated fashion...(he went to my man's work and killed him) and is serving life in Parchman Farm now if the state sentenced him to death instead of life in prison and in the time between sentencing Terry reformed , started helping folk, trying to show kids that his way wasn't the way and from all obvious indications became a better man ( which my cousin did not he's still a funky cat) but I love him to death right or wrong ..would my cousin deserve to live? yes....no....maybe.. .....I don't know the answer to that question..but I would understand regardless of how the chips fell........and as such if old boy is killed next week I'll understand why and if not and he's allowed to live I'll understand why.....
Why are people sentenced to death given SO LONG a time to live?
I believe a person should only be sentenced to death after they are proven WITHOUT DOUBT to be guilty of murder.
But when that judgement is pronounced....it should be carried out relatively quick.
I don't mean in 10 minutes, they could have a week or a month just incase something comes up.
But hell, you don't let somebody sit up for 20 years getting fat and reforming themselves, just to show up one day smiling and jangling keys at them saying "Time to go buddy boy".
Not only is that mentally cruel, but it's UNUSUAL because historicly most death sentences were carried out immediately.