Pete Theisen wrote: > Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > >> Pete Theisen wrote: >> >>> Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: >>> > > >>> Were I a governor I would sign every death warrant presented to me and I >>> would also at the same time grant a conditional stay of execution. As >>> long as the convicted murderer never tried to get out, never asked for a >>> new trial except based on positive dna evidence of innocence, and was a >>> model prisoner the stay of execution would remain in force, effectively >>> commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment. Violate the >>> conditions of the stay and the convict is immediately executed. >>> >>> >> That's not a bad idea, except for one thing. Sometime it takes years, >> or even decades, before the innocences of a convicted death row inmate >> come to light. I think it would be better to have a maximum sentence of >> life in prison without parole. Then, if a prisoner is proven innocent >> beyond a doubt after many, many years, the wrongful conviction can be >> set aside and the prisoner released. >> > > Hi Leland! > > Think about it? How is my position appreciably different from yours? >
If an innocent man attempted to escape, you would execute him, perhaps later to learn that the convict was innocent all along, while I would never execute the convict, (eg life in prison without parole), so if the convict were latter found to be innocent, I could make amend the miscarriage of justice. Regards, LelandJ --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
