I think it's happening now. It's unfortunate but I think it's a natural occurrence when a case gets this big
I know it's one thing to say you believe in the death penalty and can apply it and another to actually be sitting there in the jury room with someone's life in your hands. Could I ACTUALLY give her the death penalty when it's my decision? IDK. I'm a compassionate, feeling person. It would be hard.
I used to be anti DP all the way. But I started to see its value as I got older. Not just because of JA. There are Ted Bundys and Jeffrey Dahmers and other psychopaths in the world who kill because they see humans as expendable. They just don't care and never will about others. I don't see the point in paying to keep someone alive when they will never, ever contribute a single thing to society other than pain and suffering and hate.
I do believe there are people on death row who don't deserve to be there. I do believe there are people who have been executed who didn't deserve it. I even wrote a letter to President Obama about Troy Davis, who I believe should not have been executed, but he was. There has to be zero doubt about the person's guilt for me to feel someone deserves the death penalty. And there was a lot of doubt in that case. It's very sad.
I can understand your feelings on it though. I just see why we have it and why it's used. It's just used wrongly sometimes.