Georgia execution halted at the last minute (1 Viewer)

[Big_L]

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — The execution of a Georgia man who killed a fellow prisoner in 1990 was halted Tuesday at the last minute so courts could consider claims that he's mentally disabled and other issues.



Georgia execution halted at the last minute - Yahoo! News


Does it really take 20 years to find out if someone has mental handicaps? Also, isn't it kind of ironic, the guy was given life for shooting his girlfriend. Assuming she was a regular chick, was her life worth any less than the inmate this guy killed to get death row. I understand plea bargains and all that, however, since when is killing an inmate worse than killing a regular person. Maybe I should post this in the opinions others wont agree with thread...

 

[Stealth Matrix]

The Georgia taxpayers must feel relieved to know they're footing the bill for this guy a little longer

 

[SWJJ]

So inmates are not regular people and their lives hold less value than people not in prison?

 

[Zack Lee]

So inmates are not regular people and their lives hold less value than people not in prison?

saying that the womans life is not worth less is not the same as saying the inmates life is worth less. Just sayin.

 

[insidejob]

I understand plea bargains and all that

Then why are you asking this?

 

[FLIPPY]

So inmates are not regular people and their lives hold less value than people not in prison?

No, they're inmates.......

Actually, you remember all those inmates on the Broad St. overpass during Katrina, those "regular people" were taken care of, they were given a roof over their heads and three square meals.... Unlike the regular people at the Dome....

 

[insidejob]

No, they're inmates.......

Actually, you remember all those inmates on the Broad St. overpass during Katrina, those "regular people" were taken care of, they were given a roof over their heads and three square meals.... Unlike the regular people at the Dome....

Yeah, that was a liability issue. Those inmates had no chance to evacuate unlike the people at the dome.

 

[SWJJ]

saying that the womans life is not worth less is not the same as saying the inmates life is worth less. Just sayin.

Saying inmates are not "regular people" devalues them. I read (edit) his post to have a meaning that the inmates life held less worth than a "regular person."

 

[Zack Lee]

Saying inmates are not "regular people" devalues them. I read your post to have a meaning that the inmates life held less worth than a "regular person."

I see your point about the term "regular." Was not my post at any rate. I just took the OP to be pointing out the irony that you get life for crime outside of prison and death row for one inside. But as he pointed out himself, these things just happen based on circumstances and the particular attorneys, judge and/or jury.

 

[SWJJ]

I see your point about the term "regular." Was not my post at any rate. I just took the OP to be pointing out the irony that you get life for crime outside of prison and death row for one inside. But as he pointed out himself, these things just happen based on circumstances and the particular attorneys, judge and/or jury.

I look at it more like he got life for the first murder, death for the second. At that point he is a repeat offender.

 

[Geldo]

To be honest, if the Shawshank Redemption is anything to go by - being alive in a US prison is probably worse than being executed.

 

[Big_L]

Then why are you asking this?

For thought provoking discussion. I guess that slipped past you...

 

[SWJJ]

Seems more like feined outrage.

 

[Big_L]

Na. I was thinking if the guy is deemed mentally deficient, shouldn't he be in some psyche ward and not jail?

 

[SWJJ]

depends on if prison is meant to punish or reform.