Name the last rich man who was executed in the US.

[Amelia]

Sky made a request which I'd like to not have be buried in her ethics of capital punishment thread:

Name the last rich man who was executed in the US.

Do you know of any affluent people who have been executed in America? How far back do you have to go to get an example?

 

[Amelia]

No one?

 

[Sallow]

I remember John Dupont shot a man in cold blood. But no execution..

John E. DuPont - Profile of John E. DuPont

 

[PoliticalChic]

Sky made a request which I'd like to not have be buried in her ethics of capital punishment thread:

Name the last rich man who was executed in the US.

Do you know of any affluent people who have been executed in America? How far back do you have to go to get an example?

You have something against O.J.????

 

[Luissa]

Saddam Hussien


Saw that in another forum when I tried to google it, but it doesn't really count.



I can see why they don't go after the rich, that would be a lot of money wasted on something they probably wouldn't win.

 

[Amelia]

He wasn't executed in America.

I started to explicitly rule out executions connected with gov't take-overs but figured that if someone knew one in America, that would still be of interest.

 

[Sallow]

Saddam Hussien


Saw that in another forum when I tried to google it, but it doesn't really count.



I can see why they don't go after the rich, that would be a lot of money wasted on something they probably wouldn't win.

If anyone deserves an execution..it was Warren Anderson.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Anderson_(chairman)

What a monster.

 

[Amelia]

I can see why they don't go after the rich, that would be a lot of money wasted on something they probably wouldn't win.

Exactly ......


Justice for the poor is different from justice for the wealthy.

 

[Luissa]

Just watched that movie with Kirsten Dunst that was based on a true story.......... Prime example of the wealthy getting away with murder.

 

[Sky Dancer]

Why do we only execute the poor?

 

[Ernie S.]

Why do we only execute the poor?

I don't know... Maybe more heinous murders are committed by poor people?

 

[Sky Dancer]

Why do we only execute the poor?

I don't know... Maybe more heinous murders are committed by poor people?

Poor people are INHERENTLY more evil than the rich, is that what you think?

I suspect the truth is that rich people have legal defenses up the wazoo that keep them from capital sentencing.

 

[Amelia]

Why do we only execute the poor?

Poor people don't donate to mayorial and judge and DA campaigns.

Poor people can't afford boutique legal experts to cast doubt on the DA's case.

Poor people can't threaten to hurt a DA's conviction average by offering a real possibility of making the DA have to fight for the conviction.

Different levels of bias against the poor, including how jury members view them.

They are more likely to commit (or at least be convicted of) smaller crimes before they are arrested for a capital crime. Again, having money could have prevented some of those crimes from appearing on their record. [ETA: But I'll concede that the temptation to commit crime is higher in poorer neighborhoods so they could legitimately have more small convictions on their rap sheet.] Thus they are more likely to have longer rap sheets to consider when they're finally arrested for a capital crime.



Just a few reasons off the top of my head.

 

[Sky Dancer]

Saddam Hussien


Saw that in another forum when I tried to google it, but it doesn't really count.



I can see why they don't go after the rich, that would be a lot of money wasted on something they probably wouldn't win.

You said it. The rich get off, the poor don't. Saddam doesn't count, we're talking executions in the US.

 

[Cammmpbell]

Sky made a request which I'd like to not have be buried in her ethics of capital punishment thread:

Name the last rich man who was executed in the US.

Do you know of any affluent people who have been executed in America? How far back do you have to go to get an example?

It should have been OJ but you know that thing about rich men and the court system. I remember when I was very young somebody told me the person who would win in a courtroom was whoever could tell the biggest lie. That requires lawyers.

 

[Mr. President]

The rich can afford appeals therefore the DA accepts a plea to avoid the death penalty in order to save money. Plus we don't execute enough guilty poor people how do you expect us to execute the rich ones.

 

[Sallow]

I can see why they don't go after the rich, that would be a lot of money wasted on something they probably wouldn't win.

Exactly ......


Justice for the poor is different from justice for the wealthy.

An epiphany?

 

[del]

"in the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls"
lenny bruce

 

[Sallow]

The rich can afford appeals therefore the DA accepts a plea to avoid the death penalty in order to save money. Plus we don't execute enough guilty poor people how do you expect us to execute the rich ones.

Justice is supposed to be blind.

 

[Sallow]

"in the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls"
lenny bruce

Quoting Lenny Bruce..