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What's the point of a California jury sentencing the Grim Sleeper to death when California hasn't executed anyone in 10 years?

Asked by elbanditoroso (33154points) August 11th, 2016

This guy is a convicted killer, not a good human being.

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What’s the point of sentencing him to death, when that will likely never happen? California hasn’t executed anyone in 10 years; the state death penalty law is likely to be changed by the legislature, and possibly nationally by the Supreme court.

What’s the point of this sentence? Why not do 10 sequential life sentences with parole in 140 years?

Is a death penalty sentence just a charade?

[Note: I am not asking your feelings about the death penalty or capital punishment in general. That’s another discussion. I am asking about the folly of an unrealistic sentence.]

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