Last night, 45 spoke at length about the need for the death penalty. He discussed the lack of crime in certain countries as a result of their swift and quick trials [Justice is served quickly, which works as a deterrent against crime].
DJT has been pushing for “fast trial, death penalty” for years (see tweet from 2012), and he reiterated it last night.
Remember when he legalized firing squads right before he left office? I bet certain criminals didn’t sleep well last night…
LAW & ORDER!
They should make appeals illegal in criminal cases. Once a jury (or military judge) says you’re guilty, that’s it. Carry out the sentence in public the next day. Could be fun for a picnic.
This is assuming the legal system has not been compromised. Be careful what you wish for...
No doubt legal system compromised. Top of the list to fix; meanwhile tribunals.
Yeah this is a hilariously stupid idea.
And what happens when they find out a year later the evidence was corrupted and the person was actually innocent.
I get the drive for capital punishment, especially for those in government who took an oath, but until we can be 100% certain we never put to death an innocent person, I find it hard to support the death penalty.
Because the prosecutor/witnesses never lie. 🙄
The only way anything like that should ever even be considered is if someone is already on death row and they kill someone else in front of witnesses and on video.
At that point it should be as simple as getting a signed judicial order (after review of the video), waiting a week for any interested parties who would like to witness the execution to arrive, and carrying it out.
Even then they would still have to establish that it was not a case of self defense.