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Lack of timeliness has affected our appetite for capital punishment. Consider Leon Czolgosz, who assassinated president William McKinley. The assassin was elec
by tropo 8y ago
Lack of timeliness has affected our appetite for capital punishment.
Consider Leon Czolgosz, who assassinated president William McKinley. The assassin was electrocuted just 45 days after the president died.
Today, 45 days is unimaginable. You couldn't even get the trial started in that time frame. These days, we execute people for crimes done a few decades prior.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoThat seems to be from a desire to ensure that the people who are being murdered are the ones who are guilty. Are you saying that a closer proximity to the act would cause us to desire it more? In that case, it seems more like bloodlust than anything.
- nkrisc 8y agoThere's also the innocent people we've executed. That has soured appetite for it as well.