NY State Supreme Court declared the NY death penalty unconstituional yesterday. The author of that law, a Sen. Dale Volker, was quoted as saying:
“Some people are going to die because of this decision,” said Volker, who is crafting new legislation. “The street people aren’t stupid. When they realize there aren’t going to be any executions, they’ll go out and kill people.”
Thanks for clearing up the question of motivation Dale. Perhaps we should eliminate the streets too—without streets there could be no street people and, presumably, no killings?
Posted by james at June 25, 2004 01:46 PM | TrackBackWhat’s interested is Pataki’s comment at the end, “The changes we’ve made in the criminal justice system have resulted in dramatic drops of crime.”
I swear statistically states without the death penalty have lower murder rates. Can’t find a better source right now than this.
Forgot the link http://www.religioustolerance.org/execut4.htm#deter