Reply #52: No, human beings suck at applying punishment fairly [View All]

[Hippo_Tron]

And that's when they are making a valid attempt to do so. It's disgusting how prosecutors push for the death penalty in certain high profile cases just so it will look good when they are running for Governor. On top of that, taxpayers have to finance the sentencing phase of the trial in which the court spends just as much time and money deciding death penalty or life without parole as they did deciding guilty or innocent. Sorry, but I'm not all that wild about my tax dollars financing a campaign commercial for a prosecutor who seeks to gain off of somebody's death.