In Florida it is a capital offense to kill someone during an armed robbery or burglary. Will his killer get the death penalty or is this another case where the murder of a black man does not get the full justice as if it was a white man or a white woman.
2007-11-27 06:33:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
As I disagree with the death penalty under all circumstances (regardless of the color of all participants) I am going to say no, he should not.
The death penalty does not accomplish the stated goal, it does not deter crime.
I think it lets the killer get off easy.
2007-11-27 06:36:15 · answer #1 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gotta catch the guy first. There has been no mention of him or any type of description of him in any news report, suggesting the investigators don't know anything of him yet.
Though I suspect that if they do get him, he'll most likely get at least life without parole and quite probably get the death penalty. Sean Taylor was famous enough to where I could see a jury convicting the individual and making sure he gets punished.
The only way I could see out on a legal defense is where Taylor was shot. He got shot in the leg, away from any major organs (meaning away from torso and head). In some areas, the law does make an attack like this go from attempted murder to manslaughter and sometimes even as low as assault and battery. If I were the defense lawyer for the guy, that would be the defense I would go with. I would argue that he wasn't trying to kill Taylor, as he avoided shooting near any major organs; and that it was an accident that he happened to hit a femoral artery, it wasn't that he was trying to kill Taylor but that it just happened.
That would be the guy's only real chance of getting a lesser sentence than life without parole.
2007-11-27 14:45:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I haven't been following the details of this very sad event and I am truly sorry for this young man and his family, however, you are about 10 miles down the track and as far as I know the train hasn't even left the station yet.
Need to find the person that did the shooting. Determine exactly what happened. Determine if the case warrants the death penalty. Try the case in front of a jury. Assuming you get a guilty verdict and then they must determine if the defendant warrants the death penalty for his/her act......a number of steps before you can even consider if "full justice" is applied in this case.
2007-11-27 14:41:14 · answer #3 · answered by malter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First they have to catch whomever did this. The truth is race is not the issue, money is. Poor people receive the death penalty far more often then anyone of means. For cripes sake stop using that stupid race card, it has become passe' and is making you sound like an idiot.
2007-11-27 14:38:48 · answer #4 · answered by Reba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the color of a person's skin has nothing to determine if the killer gets proper judgement or not.
2007-11-27 14:42:05 · answer #5 · answered by Darkskinnyboy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe, but he wont ever be put to death. Specially now adays, where even the lethal injection is on held cuase its cruel... ~sigh~ people should read history books to understand what cruel and unusual punishment was to address...
2007-11-27 14:37:03 · answer #6 · answered by cheechalini 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have to find his killer first and, life in prison is far worse than death.
2007-11-27 14:39:41 · answer #7 · answered by Darin C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may not deter the death penalty but you know who cares it one less felon I have spend money on to take care of in prison I hope that they fry
2007-12-01 01:21:36 · answer #8 · answered by speab10307 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes he'll get his I'm sure.
2007-11-27 14:36:56 · answer #9 · answered by Ferddaword 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋