Death penalty halted in PA

[OldDominion]

Wolf halts death penalty in Pa.

With just over two weeks until Pennsylvania's next scheduled execution, Gov. Wolf on Friday halted use of the death penalty until after he gets the report of a task force now studying the future of capital punishment here.

Acting on concerns he first expressed during last year's campaign, the new governor cited a wave of exonerations nationwide in recent years and questions about the effectiveness of executions.

"This decision is based on a flawed system that has been proven to be an endless cycle of court proceedings as well as ineffective, unjust, and expensive," the governor said.

philly.com/philly/news/politics/20150214_Wolf_halts_death_penalty_in_Pa_.html

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Thoughts?

[Boston Bread]

FF!

[Antonio the Sixth]

Wonderful news!

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

FF!

Yep. At least until the nonsense tax discussions resumes next week.

[pbrower2a]

The death penalty is so capricious in its administration that it is not a reliable deterrent. Crooks aren't thinking of the death penalty when they start an armed robbery or rape or pull a gun on a cop.

[TDAS04]

Good.

[Ebowed]

Tom Wolf - a hero for justice; a hero for good government.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Even death penalty supporters would have to admit Pennsylvania's death penalty is a massive, pointless waste that never gets used, much like California. The only people ever executed in Pennsylvania are inmates who voluntarily waived all their appeals.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Even death penalty supporters would have to admit Pennsylvania's death penalty is a massive, pointless waste that never gets used, much like California. The only people ever executed in Pennsylvania are inmates who voluntarily waived all their appeals.

And the last one had been put to death in 1999, almost 16 years ago. Death warrants are being regularly issued just to be halted. Death penalty in Pennsylvania, just like in California, is basically a very costly life imprisonment.

Nonetheless, a massive FF decision by Governor Wolf

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

HP. Getting rid of the death penalty puts prison guards and prisoners in danger.

[The Other Castro]

HP. Getting rid of the death penalty puts prison guards and prisoners in danger.

How does that make any sense?

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

HP. Getting rid of the death penalty puts prison guards and prisoners in danger.

How does that make any sense?

Without the death penalty there is no further punishment for inmates sentenced to life. Therefore they have no qualms about killing prison guards or other inmates.

[Ebowed]

HP. Getting rid of the death penalty puts prison guards and prisoners in danger.

How does that make any sense?

Without the death penalty there is no further punishment for inmates sentenced to life. Therefore they have no qualms about killing prison guards or other inmates.

I guess that's why every other country still has the death penalty then.  LOL.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

HP. Getting rid of the death penalty puts prison guards and prisoners in danger.

How does that make any sense?

Without the death penalty there is no further punishment for inmates sentenced to life. Therefore they have no qualms about killing prison guards or other inmates.

I guess that's why every other country still has the death penalty then.  LOL.

If every other country was smarter than the US we wouldn't be the most powerful nation in the west.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

HP. Getting rid of the death penalty puts prison guards and prisoners in danger.

How does that make any sense?

Without the death penalty there is no further punishment for inmates sentenced to life. Therefore they have no qualms about killing prison guards or other inmates.

Tell that to prisoners (like this gentleman) who specifically killed while in prison in order to get death penalty.

Just saying

[Ebowed]

If every other country was smarter than the US we wouldn't be the most powerful nation in the west.

So your argument is, and please clarify if otherwise, the US is the most powerful nation in the west because it has the death penalty?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

If every other country was smarter than the US we wouldn't be the most powerful nation in the west.

So your argument is, and please clarify if otherwise, the US is the most powerful nation in the west because it has the death penalty?

Damn, it's so clear now. Europe need to forget all that nonsense about economy and integration. We just need to chop off some heads and we will dominate the world again.

[Indy Texas]

But muh victims' families.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

congrats phil

[Grumpier Than Thou]

I love my Governor.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

FF.  Revenge and justice are not one and the same.

[Vega]

Didn't know a Governor could do this...

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Didn't know a Governor could do this...

Governor can stay executions, whether for just one inmate or en masse.

Exactly the same kind of moratorium Ryan, Hickenlooper or Inslee imposed.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

HP. Getting rid of the death penalty puts prison guards and prisoners in danger.

How does that make any sense?

Without the death penalty there is no further punishment for inmates sentenced to life. Therefore they have no qualms about killing prison guards or other inmates.

It certainly deterred Pee Wee Gaskins.  Oops, it didn't.

[Vosem]

HP -- Pennsylvania ought to expand their death penalty, and transform it from a theoretical punishment that's never used to one that is actually used for people who deserve it. To cite the most famous case, it's a travesty that Mumia Abu-Jamal is still alive.