The Case of Richard Glossip

Re:The Case of Richard Glossip by epmatsw on Monday September 28, 2015 @07:51PM (#10293936)

Seems like the real issue is that Oklahoma is not giving the guy a fair trial. While the finality of the death penalty makes it (or at least makes it seem) worse, it would/could be just as unfair to throw the guy in jail for life without giving him his due process.

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Re:The Case of Richard Glossip by NhanH on Monday September 28, 2015 @08:02PM (#10293986)

There will always be mistakes and wrongful processes in any kind of system, the difference between death penalty and life sentence is the finality of the former: there is also some very small chance that you can be proven innocent a few years down the road (we're all taking about extremes here).

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Re:The Case of Richard Glossip by vas1 on Monday September 28, 2015 @07:54PM (#10293948)

I agree with this sentiment, would the death penalty be fine with people assuming it can be proven that somebody is 100% guilty?

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Re:The Case of Richard Glossip by jsudhams on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @12:02AM (#10294626)

I agree based on what i know, India is the best when it comes to giving chance to the folks to trial multiple times. And while high courts (highest in states) can give sentence that could be overturned in supreme court. Can he not apply to USA supreme court or equivalent of that?

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