Quote Originally Posted by Hoosier View Post
I agree with Zundfolge. Your example case here is one in which the person confessed, presumably there's loads of forensic evidence, it's a slam dunk. However there are many DOCUMENTED instances of innocent people being convicted, and probably innocent people who have been killed.

Agree with it or not, the number of extra hoops put in place by state legislatures (such as mandatory appeal) in death penalty cases drives up their cost beyond that of incarcerating a prisoner for the rest of their lives.

I use to be pro-death penalty, but after stuff like the cases being overturned due to DNA evidence many years later, we're seeing that it's not as rare as had been hoped for innocent people to be convicted.

Maybe we just need an option for people facing a life term to commit seppuku and go out like a man.

H.
I get all that, ad nauseum, that's why I tried to position with this specific case.