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On the Blog Post Maryland and the Politics of Capital Punishment: the Lack of Honest Debate
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On the article O'Malley, NAACP Call to End Maryland's Death Penalty
Dudley Sharp
10:24 am on Monday, January 21, 2013
Replycontd 3
Governor, the death penalty and race realities in Maryland are this:
"There is no race of the offender / victim effect at either the decision to advance a case to penalty hearing or the decision to sentence a defendant to death given a penalty hearing."
No governor, 141 countries have not abolished capital punishment. Countries retaining the death penalty are 101; those without 96.
The death penalty has the same foundation as do all legal sanctions: JUSTICE.
Truth is important, as well.
(1) "Repealing Capital Punishment in Maryland", Office of Governor Martin O'Malley, January 15th, 2013
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On the article O'Malley, NAACP Call to End Maryland's Death Penalty
Dudley Sharp
10:23 am on Monday, January 21, 2013
Replycontd 2
Of course the death penalty deters.
All prospects of a negative consequence deter some. It is a truism. Even some anti death penalty leadership are honest enough to concede that the death penalty deters. The only outstanding question, is: "Does the death penalty deter more than life without parole?". The anecdotal evidence says that it does.
Not surprisingly, the Governor believes that death penalty deterrence is measured by murder rates. It isn't. It is as ridiculous as the Governor saying no laws deter anybody if there is a high crime rate. The reality is that all laws and sanctions, as all negative consequences, deter some, whether high crime rates or low.
But, lets follow the Governor's misguided thinking.
The United States has had double digit executions, annually, from 1984 - 2011. Murders are, now, at a 43 year low. Murder rates are, now, at a 48 year low.
Double digit annual executions stopped in the US in 1964 and resumed in 1984. During that period, murders increased by 100%.
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On the article O'Malley, NAACP Call to End Maryland's Death Penalty
Dudley Sharp
10:23 am on Monday, January 21, 2013
Replycontd 1
Not surprisingly, the Governor claims he get his figures from the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment - the Commission appointed by . . . Gov. O'Malley.
Those in Maryland know, as do we all, that living murderers harm and murder, again. Executed ones do not.
Nationally, since 1973, at least 14,000 additional innocents have been murdered by those murderers the government has allowed to murder, again -- recidivist murderers.
Again, nationally, since 1973, depending upon review, we have allowed an additional 40,000-200,000 innocents to be murdered by those criminals the government has released on parole or probation or other early release policies, while many or most of those criminals were under government supervision.
In reality, contrary to what the Governor says, we don't know the cost differences between the death penalty and life without parole in Maryland. The costs the Governor mentions do not reflect an accurate, apples to apples comparison, as Marylanders deserve.
More responsible governance
Since 1976, Virginia has executed 72% (108) of those sentenced to death and did so within 7.1 years after sentencing, on average -- a responsible and cost savings protocol, which could be implemented in Maryland, if both justice and taxpayer funds were more respected and if the Governor and other anti death penalty leaders had not been constant obstructionists to responsible reforms.contd
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On the article O'Malley, NAACP Call to End Maryland's Death Penalty
Dudley Sharp
10:22 am on Monday, January 21, 2013
ReplyLies, ignorance or idiocy: Gov. O'Malley's Speech on Repealing Capital Punishment in Maryland (1)
To govern is, we hope, to be knowledgeable about what our leaders speak and to lead with truth.
Gov. O'Malley fails those standards.
The Gov. stated: " . . . ."for every 8.7 Americans sent to death row, there has been one innocent person exonerated."
Laughably absurd.
If we go by the most fraudulent of anti death penalty claims, wherein they claim 142 have been exonerated from death row during the post 1972 period when 8200 have been sent to death row, that is 1 out of 57.7.
Or reality. Possibly we have sent 40 actual innocents to death row, which is 1 innocent sent to death row out of every 205 so sentenced. All have been released.
1 out of 205.
The governor was off by 2356%.contd
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On the article Proposition Voter Guide: What You Need to Know on California's Ballot Measures
Dudley Sharp
9:33 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Replycontd 2
95% OF MURDER VICTIMS' LOVED ONES SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY:
ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE (3)In addition, 80% of US folks support the death penalty for, truly, "death penalty eligible" murders (3), just as from 56% to 83% have also supported the death penalty when, wrongly, asked about their approval for the death penalty for murders, for which about 90% are not death penalty eligible (3).
1) California Death Penalty Cost "Studies"
http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2012/08/response-to-absurd-california-death.html2) a) The Death Penalty: Saving More Innocent Lives
http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2012/03/death-penalty-saving-more-innocent.htmlb) Innocents More At Risk Without Death Penalty
http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2012/03/innocents-more-at-risk-without-death.html3) US Death Penalty Support at 80%; World Support Remains High
http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2012/04/us-death-penalty-support-at-80-world.html -
On the article Proposition Voter Guide: What You Need to Know on California's Ballot Measures
Dudley Sharp
9:33 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
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PROP. 34: UNPRINCIPLED?
Ask the media (or insert any industry) this question.
How principled are you?
If you had a group of corrupt people, who only wanted to shut down the media, by sabotaging the media, would you say, OK, shut down all media?
Or would you say, let's clean it up, get you bad folks out of the picture, and make it work?
A vote for Prop 34 is a vote for folks who have intentionally obstructed justice in these cases, meaning anti death penalty legislators, the defense bar and judges who have made the death penalty so irresponsible and who are the same folks telling us to reward them by giving them what they have been working for, based upon the horrible system they have engineered.
A better idea.
How about demanding a responsible system, such as Virginia's, whereby 75% of those sentenced to death have been executed within 7.1 years, on average - a system similar to what Ca should have, if responsible folks were in charge.
Calif has executed 1.4% of those sentenced because such mismanagement is what such obstructionists (read Prop 34) had in mind.
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On the article Proposition Voter Guide: What You Need to Know on California's Ballot Measures
Dudley Sharp
9:31 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
ReplyPROP. 34: The Truth Will Kill It
Dudley SharpAn honest discussion about Prop 34 would result in its overwhelming defeat.
COSTS
Are any of the cost claims made by the pro Prop 34 folks reliable (1)?
The ACLU cost review was easily destroyed (1) and Mitchell and Alarcon, of the $4 billion study infamy, refuse to share their database (1), which we can presume has problems and, therefore, no one can, responsibly, depend upon that review.Is it possibly that life without parole (LWOP) may cost more than the death penalty? Yes (1).
Is it required that California citizens allow their representatives to be so irresponsible with both their state budget and death penalty management? Of course not.
Virginia has executed 75% of those sentenced to death and has done so within 7.1 years, on average.
All states, inclusive of California, could implement similar protocols and save money over LWOP.
INNOCENTS MORE PROTECTED WITH THE DEATH PENALTY
Is it true that innocents are better protected by a death penalty protocol? Yes, in three different ways (2).
Innocents are more at risk without the death penalty (2).
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On the article Anti-Death Penalty 'Dead Man Walking’ Author Coming to West Des Moines
Dudley Sharp
4:15 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012
ReplyPrejean finds that THERE IS NO GREATER SUFFERING , MENTALLY, THAN BEING ON DEATH ROW. (1)
The mental suffering of a parent who lost their innocent daughter to a rape/murder?
Prejean's misplaced compassion and perverse perspective is astounding, but not surprising.
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" . . .makes you realize the Dead Man Walking truly belongs on the shelf in the library in the Fiction category." "Being devout Catholics, 'the norm' would be to look to the church for support and healing. Again, this need for spiritual stability was stolen by Sister Prejean." (2)
The parents of rape/torture/murder victim Loretta Bourque, a Dead Man Walking Case
"" . . . (Sr. Prejean) based her book on what was in I guess a defense file and what (rapist/murderer) Robert Willie telling her." " . . . she's trying to mislead people in the book. And that's something that she's going have to work out with herself." "(Sr. Prejean's) certainly not after giving anybody spiritual advice to try to save their soul." (2)
Case Detective Michael Vernado, in the rape/torture/murder of Faith Hathaway, a Dead Man Walking Case
(1) Prejean: Death penalty is torture, TimesLeader.com online, October 1, 2012,
http://www.timesleaderonline.com/page/content.detail/id/541638/Prejean--Death-penalty-is-torture.html?nav=5010
(2) "Prejean & the death penalty"
http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/05/04/sister-helen-prejean--the-death-penalty-a-critical-review.aspx -
On the article Death Penalty Opponent Sister Helen Prejean to Speak at U of Redlands
Dudley Sharp
9:58 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
ReplyPrejean finds "that there is no greater suffering, mentally" than being a guilty murderer on death row.
Her lack of compassion and perverse perspective is astounding.
How about the suffering of a parent who lost their innocent daughter to a rape/murder?
Prejean: Death penalty is torture, TimesLeadrer.com online, October 1, 2012,
http://www.timesleaderonline.com/page/content.detail/id/541638/Prejean--Death-penalty-is-torture.html?nav=5010
Dudley Sharp
10:56 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Murder and execution may, under certain circumstances, be cold bloodied, but let's no presume they are remotely equal.
There is a vast moral differnce between crime and punishment, guilty murderer and their innocent victim.
It isn't a matter of other countries, either civilized or uncivilized, getting byt without the death penalty.
It is a matter of is it better to have the death penalty or not.
As the death penalty is supported by justice, as all sanctions are and as the death penalty is a greater protector of innocent lives, all countires would be better off with the death penalty.