It doesn't get more heinous than Charles Mason and he never received the death penalty.McVeigh is dead. I suppose that has some closure for families. But, if Democratic candidates want to be in favor of the death penalty in 'certain' cases then what will they do to obtain the drugs needed?
Federal Law Providing for the Death Penalty (click here)
Which crimes are deserving of the death sentence? Other than adding an additional layer of authority, the federal government doesn't have a death chamber. It is the state that carries out the death penalty and it is the prosecutors within the state that decides if the death penalty should be sought.
The federal government can modify the federal statues regarding the death
penalty, however, recognizing it only provides reasons to continue it at the state level.The Death Penalty is about 'populous' belief about crime. "Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth." They never finish that statement originally from the Talmud and refined by Jesus. Jesus in the sermon on the mount stated, "...an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord.... he went on to state " ...turn the other cheek..." The truth be known Jesus Christ was a non-violence proponent. I find him interesting in recognizing if a peoples recognizes violence within their laws, violence has a legitimate place.
A recent study (click here) by Professor Michael Radelet and Traci Lacock of the University of Colorado found that 88% of the nation's leading criminologists do not believe the death penalty is an effective deterrent to crime....
There is wide spread concensus among those in the criminal-justice system that the Death Penalty is not a deterrent. Why make them prosecute for it? The reason there is a populous understanding of crime and punishment that the Death Penalty is closure and/or a deterrent? Those are not good reasons.
The populous opinion of crime and punishment is politics. The Death Sentence should not be political, but, pragmatic and possibly removed from federal crimes.
