MetaFilter posts tagged with deathpenalty and punishment

XQUZYPHYR — Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:05:55 -0800

Three Supreme Court Justices publicy oppose executing teenage criminals. In a rare move, Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, and Stevens made a public statement in a delay request to state their opposition to executing someone who committed murder before the age of 18. With the Court already banning the execution of the mentally retarded this year, is this another sign of a soon-to-be next step in the abolishment of the death penalty? Or does the average American still believe that regardless of what time, when you do the crime you walk the line?

dwivian — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:59:27 -0800

Life, not Death for Ms. Yates. And, Texas doesn't have a no-parole sentence, so she'll be eligible for release. Where does she go from there?

johnnyboy — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 07:36:43 -0800

on a budget madame, well incarceration is our cheaper plan. Yes it seeems that the economics suggest that life imprisonment is the prudent option rather than the wanton excess of execution.

Mocata — Mon, 02 Oct 2000 10:38:05 -0800

Long, closely-argued explanation of how America went back to the death penalty.