Pros of death penalty

reliance on poor evidence hasn't stopped some of our 25+ year miscarriages of justice.
 
I do think they are doing a better job of making sure these days. Of course technology has alot to do with that. 30 or 40 years ago DNA testing was just a dream. On a related note, anybody paying attention to the Lacey Peterson case? They are still searching the ocean for more evidence. That's gotta be a hell of a search, but it's telling me they don't have enough to convict him either, so they're looking for more.
 
I'm pretty sure they're looking for her head. They found her body, but it didn't have a head. I think they have enough to convict him, or they wouldn't have arrested him..... but they REALLY wanna lock it in. The defense is now claiming it was some Satanic cult.

And on the other note...I think with all the advances being made in forensics there will be far fewer wrongful convictions.
 
I love watching programs on forensic detectives... it's quite amazing what they can do these days. :)
 
they should find a way to get evidence from the bugs and maggots, they're pretty much always first on the scene at a new wound :D
 
THEY DO!!!! They can pin point the time of death from which little gross bugs and worms and maggots are dining on the body. And those guys that study the carcass chowing critters are just......weird.:eek6:
 
They can tell how long a body has been dead by checking at what stage in their life cycle the insects are. Also by which generation they are. :)
 
yeah, but will they give evidence in a court if pushed? need a whole new line of really tiny bibles :D
 
Is the paper on the pros of it or both sides? Some people like those sniper guys have it coming.
 
I did a paper on the co$t of the death penalty compared to life sentences. Totally avoided the pro-con angle that everyone else was running. Got big bonuses for inovative thinking. 'Specially when I factored in the economic damage from lost jobs in prisons, since most prisons are located in the boonies and are usually the biggest employer. I was gonna go for yet another layer, factoring in the economics of companies that use prison workshops to produce their product, but I couldn't get reliable figures on it.
 
Aunty Em said:
I love watching programs on forensic detectives... it's quite amazing what they can do these days. :)
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The closest I get to that is watching the "Autopsy" series on HBO. I tend to like that better because it's more fast paced, there's more actual footage than reenactments by actors, and that ME Michael Baden is pretty cool. The only thing is, Rusty doesn't share my fascination with the gory and macabre as much. If I happen to catch "Trauma: Life in the ER" or that show on real operations, he usually doesn't watch with me. :shrug:

Aunty, you ever read any Patricia Cornwell books? The main character is an ME and they're medical mysteries. After you read a few, you start to see her "formula" and it gets a little lame at times but I'd recommend them anyway.
 
greenfreak said:
Aunty, you ever read any Patricia Cornwell books? The main character is an ME and they're medical mysteries. After you read a few, you start to see her "formula" and it gets a little lame at times but I'd recommend them anyway.
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I don't think I've read any of her books, but I'm quite fond of Ruth Rendell, PD James, Ian Rankin, Lee Childs and Ellis Peters just to name a few. I'll have to check her out.

I prefer to watch the real thing as well if I can. I've been interested in detective stories since I was in my teens and used to read all the True Detective magazines at one time. They used to have some pretty gruesome pictures once upon a time. :)
 
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