The death-penalty appeal in this country has been so perfected that many people who are on death row have about as much chance of dying of old age as they do of the state actually carrying out the sentence. Now, in a case in which the resolution has been delayed for two and a half decades, the defense is using the delays ("some of which" he blames on the state) as reason for another appeal:
Prosecutors should be prohibited from again seeking the death penalty against a man convicted of killing a Gary police officer in 1981 because the passage of time would hinder his defense, an attorney told the Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Brilliant. Simply brilliant.
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now that mr steckbeck has most recently proven you CAN escape from "Stalag13" by hanging himself; maybe Mr. Rios will do the right thing, and save us all 350,000; which could go to SCAN,or some similar organization.
Mr Rios- tear your pillowcase or bedsheet into strips, and twist them together.
tie your rope to the shower head.
stand on the faucet head, and jump.
or jump off your bunk.
please- save us the trouble. confess; and waive any appeal.
by the way, josh robbins is still dead, and beers the 3rd is still walks free. why?
Delays are part and parcel of a legal system that functions based on money. No mystery there. Wanna do something innovative: suggest the socialist thing -- that the barristers cannot collect a king's ransom for their work.