More on capital punishment.

[RED]

A local woman has just been found guilty of Capital Murder of a cop. She can be given the capitol sentence or life without parole.

https://www.5newsonline.com/amp/article/news/crime/shawna-cash-guilty-officer-kevin-apple/527-57fa2907-6ec2-4942-a77f-6fed0e87cb70

If I was the judge, I would understand it doesn't matter! Either way she is going to die in prison. If the capital sentence could happen in 2-3 years that would be best for everybody including her. But our system is so broken the odds are she will die in prison from cancer and cost the taxpayers millions.

JMHO

[dryheat]

I always thought that keeping people alive for fifty yrs. was a waste of money. Then I fouond out that the death penalty is even more expensive.

[blackhawknj]

When you allow endless appeals, "newly discovered" evidence, etc. In New Jersey 100 years ago or so the average time on Death Row was about 6 months.