Poll, Scott Peterson

[Steel X]

yep...guilty as charged.

it's just too obvious that he did it as he was caught on tape trying to get rid of his own wife. :roll:

 

[mlkshkgrl]

It doesn’t really matter if he gets the death penalty or not, because in California, the death penalty and life without parole are essentially the same thing. It takes forever to execute somebody in California. The most recent person to executed in California was on death row for more than 20 years. So Peterson will probably be somewhere near retirement age before they fry him. The nice thing about the death penalty though, is that prisoners on death row spend 23 out of every 24 hours in cell with a 5’ X 7’ floor space—just slightly larger than a sheet of plywood. Measure out a 5’ X 7’ area on the floor and you’ll see how small that is. In my opinion, that’s almost as good as the death penalty, and in some ways is even better.

True but it is much more deserving for him to have life and be in the general population to be beat and tortured for the rest of his life. An injection is too easy for him.

 

[Kalista]

It doesn’t really matter if he gets the death penalty or not, because in California, the death penalty and life without parole are essentially the same thing. It takes forever to execute somebody in California. The most recent person to executed in California was on death row for more than 20 years. So Peterson will probably be somewhere near retirement age before they fry him. The nice thing about the death penalty though, is that prisoners on death row spend 23 out of every 24 hours in cell with a 5’ X 7’ floor space—just slightly larger than a sheet of plywood. Measure out a 5’ X 7’ area on the floor and you’ll see how small that is. In my opinion, that’s almost as good as the death penalty, and in some ways is even better.

Hope, his cell has no window. Feed him mold bread and dirty water which he deserve it !

 

[Oceanbreeze]

Scott Peterson doesn't care. He came in the court laughing and smiling
today. And show no emotional or remorse during the court.

That is awful.

That's a sociopath for you.

 

[Mistyrose]

It doesn’t really matter if he gets the death penalty or not, because in California, the death penalty and life without parole are essentially the same thing. It takes forever to execute somebody in California. The most recent person to executed in California was on death row for more than 20 years. So Peterson will probably be somewhere near retirement age before they fry him. The nice thing about the death penalty though, is that prisoners on death row spend 23 out of every 24 hours in cell with a 5’ X 7’ floor space—just slightly larger than a sheet of plywood. Measure out a 5’ X 7’ area on the floor and you’ll see how small that is. In my opinion, that’s almost as good as the death penalty, and in some ways is even better.

Yeah thats true, thats what pisses me off, he wont ever get executed for a very long time, he could be dead from old age before he get executed..geez!
I wish they would move him in front of the long line..haha so when they get the execution going, he will be the FIRST to be executed! heh! dang..wishful thinking i know......*sigh*................

 

[GalaxyAngel]

I prefer him stay like this... 5x7 cell room... than put him death.. Likely rest of all peoples are murder and want him rot in the hell death.. I dislike it.. I prefer him in cell room permantly until die.. He deserved it being isolation room as no communcation with others..

 

[Tousi]

Now having said what Levonian said, I'd just as soon see him rot in a small cell for the rest of his natural life because, for among other reasons, it would be cheaper to house and feed him that long vs the more tax-draining appeals process in his capital case. An injection's the easy way out.

 

[Levonian]

An injection's the easy way out.

Very true—sociopaths are incapable of tolerating boredom. Imagine what 20 years in a 5’ X 7’ cell would do for somebody like that. :fu:

 

[nozobo]

I believe in Golden Rule so therefore Scott should get death pentalty

 

[Cheri]

It would be nice to give them the same treatment the way they killed someone, Just like Scott should be in the ocean the same way Laci and Connor were, So he can get the idea of how that would feel. Too bad justice don't work that way. Maybe someone can bring that idea to the Congress. Yes, call me crazy.

 

[Gemtun]

It would be nice to give them the same treatment the way they killed someone, Just like Scott should be in the ocean the same way Laci and Connor were, So he can get the idea of how that would feel. Too bad justice don't work that way. Maybe someone can bring that idea to the Congress. Yes, call me crazy.

Nope youre not crazy. I totally agree here.

 

[Fly Free]

i agree too Cheri -- ive always thought that murderers, rapists should be given the VERY same treatment they gave their victims -- so no i dont think u are

 

[Tousi]

Its difficult for me to imagine dealing with perps by giving them the same treatment they gave their victims. Who's gonna take care (kill him the same way he killed Laci) of Scott P? Who is going to rape a rapist as punishment; ugghh, the list goes on and on. So I think those (posts above) are emotional sentiments which are ok, I suppose but could not literally be carried out by the system. Need more examples? I didn't think so......

 

[sablescort]

Can y'all just imagine the cost of executing Peterson comapred with the cost of having him serve "Life Without Parole" at the Pelican Bay Prison (I perfer him not be in San Quentin Prison)?

I found a part of this interesting essay on the cost of death penalty compared to LWOP:

http://www.wowessays.com/dbase/ad2/arn58.shtml

And to make matters worse, if a defendant is convicted but not sentence to death, the state will still have to pay the price of life imprisonment, in addition to the increased trial expenses. In Florida, each execution costs the state $3.2 million. In California, it was reported that the state could save $90 millions a year if it abolished the death penalty. The New York Department of Correctional Services estimated that implementing the death penalty would cost the state about $118 million annually. The money that would be spent to implement the death penalty in New York for five years could fund 250 additional police officers and build prisons for 6000 inmates. The costly effect of the death penalty reach farther than the pockets of the taxpayers. The American Bar Association found that the justice system in many parts of the United States is on the verge of collapsing due to inadequate funding. New Jersey, for example, laid off more than 500 police officers in 1991; during the same period of time, New Jersey was also implementing the death penalty, which cost them $16 million per year. Florida, on the other hand, had a $45 million budget cut from the Department of Corrections, which forced it to release 3,000 inmates early. Moreover, Florida was another state spending millions of dollars on the death penalty. The Sierra County District Attorney, James Reichle, was quoted saying, If we didn't have to pay $50,000 a pop for Sacramento's murders, I'd have an investigator and the sheriff would have a couple of extra deputies and we could do some lasting good for Sierra county law enforcement. In Texas, the early release of prisoners has meant that inmates are serving only twenty percent of their sentences. So this great weapon we call the death penalty is in actuality taking police officers off the streets, while putting convicted criminals back on the street and all at the tax payers expense. Knowing that the death penalty is cost inefficient, the opposition believes that we should increase its efficiency by limiting the appeal process and not abolish it all together

and here is California's death penalty page:

http://www.corr.ca.gov/CommunicationsOffice/CapitalPunishment/default.asp

 

[The*Empress]

A new picture of Scott

 

[C.C.Sinned]

That bastard should have been taken behind the courthouse. Then gutted alive & dumped in the sea.... At least how I see it. screw that :asshole:

Scott :fruit: Justice

 

[Nancy]

From URL: http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/14/san.quentin

Peterson could join more than 600 other men condemned to die.

But with a state average of 16 years between sentencing and execution, Peterson could likely face many years of mind-numbing monotony laced with the constant threat of assault by other inmates.

San Quentin's culture of violence is well-known and as in most prisons, child-killers are a favored target.

Peterson is likely to be segregated for his own safety, but he'll be forced to live the same routine as other inmates with regulated meal times, limited recreation and showers and strictly timed visits -- two hours a day Thursday through Sunday, although attorney visits are allowed any weekday.

 

[Liebling:-)))]

I am not for death penatly.

I rather to see him suffer in prision to life sentence than put him "sleep" .

 

[TweetyBird]

I am not for death penatly.

I rather to see him suffer in prision to life sentence than put him "sleep" .

yea i agree with u... i hate to see death!!

 

[Mistyrose]

I am not for death penatly.

I rather to see him suffer in prision to life sentence than put him "sleep" .

Liebling...I respect that you dont believe in death penalty but what about
his wife and unborn child's death?..is that fair?......that Scott is still alive?
At least, when they execute the person by lethal injection, he/she wont
feel anything much, it is fast way to die, much better than gas or electric chair like in the past. The vicitims die horrible deaths much,much, very much worse than the murderer goes thru the execution, you know that.