Post by pumpkinpie on Sept 18, 2007 13:18:05 GMT -5
EDITORIALS: "At Some Point, A Death Penalty Stops Making Sense"
The Witchita Eagle recently called on Kansas lawmakers to reconsider the death penalty, stating: At some point, given the legal problems and lack of executions, a death penalty stops making sense for Kansas. The paper said the law has cost taxpayers millions of dollars without the benefit of deterring crime. Moreover, the state has not had a single execution since capital punishment was reinstated in 1994, and the "care and caution" warranted to protect against wrongful convictions could mean the state's first execution is more than a decade away.
www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=2453&scid=64
The Witchita Eagle recently called on Kansas lawmakers to reconsider the death penalty, stating: At some point, given the legal problems and lack of executions, a death penalty stops making sense for Kansas. The paper said the law has cost taxpayers millions of dollars without the benefit of deterring crime. Moreover, the state has not had a single execution since capital punishment was reinstated in 1994, and the "care and caution" warranted to protect against wrongful convictions could mean the state's first execution is more than a decade away.
www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=2453&scid=64