LLRucker's Blog

I saw something on the news this morning that  absolutely blew my mind. I know, it wouldn't take much, but be that as it may, this was just too silly for me.

Apparently, and I'm not too clear on the details on this because I searched the channel's website to get the whole story and couldn't find any link to it, so hopefully I was still dreaming.

It seems the FL Legislature is considering a bill that will eliminate Capital cases from the court docketts and abolish the death penalty. They said that it costs the State too much money to try these cases. They said some cases could cost as much as $500,000.00 to try.

So, my question is, what do they plan to do with the murderers and child rapists and the like that commit these crimes? Are they going to be tried as misdemeanors and then slapped on the wrists and set loose on the public or do they plan to ship them out of state for someone else to deal with?

How does a state decide to abolish capital cases from their courts?  And do they mean to tell us that abolishing the death penalty is going to save the state money?  If it costs Florida taxpayers upwards of $35,000.00 a year per prisoner on death row and most of them stay there for what , sometimes as much as 20 years, exhausting appeal after appeal, which by the way we also pay for, we're looking at what ,7 million dollars to keep that murderer alive? So, how is abolishing capital cases and the death penalty going to save the State and taxpayers money?

 Any ideas on this one?