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State Senator Tom Harman exposes the truth: Justice in California is not swift.
"Take the infamous California serial killer, Richard Ramirez, aka the Night Stalker. Ramirez was caught in 1985 and sentenced to die in 1989. He murdered 13 people and has recently been implicated in additional killings. Where is he now, 20 years later? Comfortably living in San Quentin Prison with a Cadillac health plan and a long, healthy future ahead of him. His first trial took four years due to a seemingly endless series of appeals and Ramirez has yet to finish the mandatory appeals process for execution."
We have other killers on death row going on 30 years. In Virginia and Texas it is rare that a killer is on death row more than eight years.
The polls show that the people of California are giving up on the justice system as well. "The poll also indicates a sharp drop in the number of people who believe in the death penaltys ability to deter crime, from 74 percent in 1989 down to 44 percent in 2009.
Death penalty foes wrongly point to these numbers as further indication that capitol punishment is unpopular and should be abolished. What these numbers may actually reflect is the deep frustration Californians feel about the states inability to carry out the will of the people - versus the narrow, extreme-liberal agenda of some in our leadership."
Our economy is in shambles. The deficit and unemployment is rising. Our roads and schools are in disarray. Judges with bodyguards want to create a crime wave and murderers get better treatment than hard working families.
Only a total voter revolt in 2010 can start to repair a very broken State.
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"Take the infamous California serial killer, Richard Ramirez, aka the Night Stalker. Ramirez was caught in 1985 and sentenced to die in 1989. He murdered 13 people and has recently been implicated in additional killings. Where is he now, 20 years later? Comfortably living in San Quentin Prison with a Cadillac health plan and a long, healthy future ahead of him. His first trial took four years due to a seemingly endless series of appeals and Ramirez has yet to finish the mandatory appeals process for execution."
We have other killers on death row going on 30 years. In Virginia and Texas it is rare that a killer is on death row more than eight years.
The polls show that the people of California are giving up on the justice system as well. "The poll also indicates a sharp drop in the number of people who believe in the death penaltys ability to deter crime, from 74 percent in 1989 down to 44 percent in 2009.
Death penalty foes wrongly point to these numbers as further indication that capitol punishment is unpopular and should be abolished. What these numbers may actually reflect is the deep frustration Californians feel about the states inability to carry out the will of the people - versus the narrow, extreme-liberal agenda of some in our leadership."
Our economy is in shambles. The deficit and unemployment is rising. Our roads and schools are in disarray. Judges with bodyguards want to create a crime wave and murderers get better treatment than hard working families.
Only a total voter revolt in 2010 can start to repair a very broken State.
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