Death Penalty in Texas Blog6

“I do not think that people need to be on death row for ten plus years. That is ridiculous. People should not have to sit around that long knowing that they are going to be put to death." I disagree with this statement. If people do such a horrific crime that they are going to be put to death, I believe that they need to sit in jail and think about what they have done. I mean, what an easy way out it would be if we were to shorten the appeals process and execute the guilty ones right away. The perpetrator of the crime would have very little time to ponder over his guilt. Also, the prosecution would not have the time to reconsider the case in the off-chance that they made a mistake, and an innocent person might be executed wrongly. I do agree on the Willingham case there have been too many cases in the news lately that are showing that an innocent person has been executed here in Texas such as Willingham. Texas needs find a way to not let it again and kill innocent people.

The government offers very little opportunity to those that abuse the justice system. If you do not have the money to buy your freedom you are left to suffer the consequences. They are tainted for the rest of their lives as criminals. To be regarded as unequal seems to be more of a repercussion than death. We need to change a system and process to better provide a solution to people that could possibly be placed on death row. For example there are countless ways to die naturally; these types of destructive actions are easy ways to label humanity as arrogant.