Comments on: A Lonely Walk Down Death Row http://www.wordscrawl.com/news/opinion/a-lonely-walk-down-death-row/ Blog that talks. Word Scrawl is a blog maintained by Amanda M Roberts to advise and inform on the matters of the world. Word Scrawl is built to serve you. Subscribe to Word Scrawl because we let the word speak. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ian http://www.wordscrawl.com/news/opinion/a-lonely-walk-down-death-row/#comment-399 Ian Sat, 10 May 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.wordscrawl.com/?p=133#comment-399 I don't have a fundamental objection to the death penalty. I think there are crimes so evil that the criminal deserves to be deprived of his/her life. I'm hesistant to limit appeal rights ... if someone's life is at stake they should be able to fight as hard as they can for it. I also have concerns that there are too many instances I've read of where innocent people have been sentenced to death, mainly through flaws in the police investigations or the court processes. At least appeal rights give the accused the opportunity to correct any errors - hopefully they would strike competent lawyers or judges at some level of the process. I do agree though that the appeals processes need to be sped up. Can't see why any court trials should take years to even get off the ground. I don’t have a fundamental objection to the death penalty. I think there are crimes so evil that the criminal deserves to be deprived of his/her life. I’m hesistant to limit appeal rights … if someone’s life is at stake they should be able to fight as hard as they can for it. I also have concerns that there are too many instances I’ve read of where innocent people have been sentenced to death, mainly through flaws in the police investigations or the court processes. At least appeal rights give the accused the opportunity to correct any errors - hopefully they would strike competent lawyers or judges at some level of the process.

I do agree though that the appeals processes need to be sped up. Can’t see why any court trials should take years to even get off the ground.

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