The death penalty in California is imposed arbitrarily and capriciously based on geographical location and the discretion of prosecutors rather than factors related to the comparative egregiousness of the crime and relative culpability of the defendant.
In California, the 58 prosecutors (district attorneys) are given absolute discretion to decide whether to seek the death penalty within the already broad parameters of penal code sections 190.2 and 190.25 (California's death penalty statue).
Without any statewide standards to guide or govern a prosecutor in making due decision to seek the death penalty for a defendant as opposed to a life sentence, a prosecutor can simply feel like or believe a death sentence is warranted, which oftentimes violates the very core of constitutional commitment to decency and restraint.
Without established standards to guide the exercise of discretion, prosecutors rely on irrelevant and often unlawful considerations, including race, economic status, gender, and victim status. This is happening! As a result, there is currently no reasonable basis for the distinction between who receives the death sentence and another who is sentenced to life in prison.
Hi Jennifer, hope my transcription is all accurate for you. Solidarity from the UK with all your struggles and your legal fight for freedom. Your strength after so much ill-treatment is admirable.
HI IM GOING TO GO BY THE NAME LOLA, IM FROM SOUTH FLORIDA AND I WAS DATING A MAN FOR ABOUT A YEAR. HE SHARED SOMETHING WITH ME AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU KNEW PAUL MUNROE FROM BROOKLYN.
Hey Brandon! Sis said she talked to u yesterday... Im going to message her with my cell number and if u are able to get a phone card u can call me. I miss talking to u every day! I hope to hear from you soon! ❤Angie
I almost thought perhaps my questions weren't good enough for you to respond to and while I was thinking that, I read through approx. 70% of your posts. Then voila, you wrote! Awww , Thank you :) Not once in all of your writings did I ever feel or think you were conceited. You asked, I answered. Not once. I've not met you, but with your writings you are seemingly very much like a dear uncle of mine. He's very artistic, has a positive attitude and is super funny! I'll certainly look into the show "60 days In" !! As for the book you mentioned, I've seen you write about it with the Musicologist but really didn't know what it was all about. I'll be scouting out Amazon shortly to have a look! You hit the nail on the head when you said "Rut". That is exactly what it is and I just didn't know the word to use. Summer is over in Canada, the leaves are changing and really it is truly beautiful. However, I know what comes after that beauty. Six harsh, cruel months of "the deep freeze where the air hurts your face". If I wasn't tied to family , I might consider moving somewhere tropical , or a least sunny and warm all of the time. Funny you should mention a "Cook BOOK". It was my birthday on the 17th and my daughters bought me one! And I've already tried out a few which have turned out great! It's a slow cooker book, so you just throw it all in and let it cook all day. Some of the spices are new to me but it's DIFFERENT! Yes, I've thought of you many times as I've chopped and prepped food in the kitchen and hope they are serving you something with the flavours you so desire. Just so you are aware, I don't think of your writings as coming from a prisoner. I just enjoy the correspondence from a person who writes well, has humour and can laugh. Yes Yes Yes, you get on that book! I suggest starting my simply putting all of your blog posts in it, and then going from there! I'd buy it!! Congratulations on your Graduation!! I do think I just might hunt out my community for something "new" to do. Something that will get me out of the house. As you know, I am a nurse, and my inner soul has always been to help those who "need" me. (which is why I am still working)! So I perhaps might scout out somewhere that needs me. We'll see, I'll let you know! For now, I'm quite happy with my exchanges with you Eric. Thank you so much for the date hint for the maze!! I found it , and I'm looking at it and thinking I'd better print off a few!! It's intense, but so precisely done! I can't wait to do it and I do have a variety of highlighters to use! I'll let you know how that goes. (love the new pen! You writer is very much clearer! If that's possible? It always was very clear and meticulously written)
I look very forward to a week or two of meals in prison, in detail! But as well if you can add perhaps snacks or items you might make using ingredients from the canteen, that would be great too! Take care Eric, <3 Deevoted
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An Unjust Imposition
The death penalty in California is imposed arbitrarily and capriciously based on geographical location and the discretion of prosecutors rather than factors related to the comparative egregiousness of the crime and relative culpability of the defendant.
In California, the 58 prosecutors (district attorneys) are given absolute discretion to decide whether to seek the death penalty within the already broad parameters of penal code sections 190.2 and 190.25 (California's death penalty statue).
Without any statewide standards to guide or govern a prosecutor in making due decision to seek the death penalty for a defendant as opposed to a life sentence, a prosecutor can simply feel like or believe a death sentence is warranted, which oftentimes violates the very core of constitutional commitment to decency and restraint.
Without established standards to guide the exercise of discretion, prosecutors rely on irrelevant and often unlawful considerations, including race, economic status, gender, and victim status. This is happening! As a result, there is currently no reasonable basis for the distinction between who receives the death sentence and another who is sentenced to life in prison.
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I almost thought perhaps my questions weren't good enough for you to respond to and while I was thinking that, I read through approx. 70% of your posts. Then voila, you wrote! Awww , Thank you :)
Not once in all of your writings did I ever feel or think you were conceited. You asked, I answered. Not once. I've not met you, but with your writings you are seemingly very much like a dear uncle of mine. He's very artistic, has a positive attitude and is super funny!
I'll certainly look into the show "60 days In" !! As for the book you mentioned, I've seen you write about it with the Musicologist but really didn't know what it was all about. I'll be scouting out Amazon shortly to have a look!
You hit the nail on the head when you said "Rut". That is exactly what it is and I just didn't know the word to use. Summer is over in Canada, the leaves are changing and really it is truly beautiful. However, I know what comes after that beauty. Six harsh, cruel months of "the deep freeze where the air hurts your face". If I wasn't tied to family , I might consider moving somewhere tropical , or a least sunny and warm all of the time.
Funny you should mention a "Cook BOOK". It was my birthday on the 17th and my daughters bought me one! And I've already tried out a few which have turned out great! It's a slow cooker book, so you just throw it all in and let it cook all day. Some of the spices are new to me but it's DIFFERENT! Yes, I've thought of you many times as I've chopped and prepped food in the kitchen and hope they are serving you something with the flavours you so desire.
Just so you are aware, I don't think of your writings as coming from a prisoner. I just enjoy the correspondence from a person who writes well, has humour and can laugh. Yes Yes Yes, you get on that book! I suggest starting my simply putting all of your blog posts in it, and then going from there! I'd buy it!!
Congratulations on your Graduation!! I do think I just might hunt out my community for something "new" to do. Something that will get me out of the house. As you know, I am a nurse, and my inner soul has always been to help those who "need" me. (which is why I am still working)! So I perhaps might scout out somewhere that needs me. We'll see, I'll let you know! For now, I'm quite happy with my exchanges with you Eric.
Thank you so much for the date hint for the maze!! I found it , and I'm looking at it and thinking I'd better print off a few!! It's intense, but so precisely done! I can't wait to do it and I do have a variety of highlighters to use! I'll let you know how that goes.
(love the new pen! You writer is very much clearer! If that's possible? It always was very clear and meticulously written)
I look very forward to a week or two of meals in prison, in detail! But as well if you can add perhaps snacks or items you might make using ingredients from the canteen, that would be great too!
Take care Eric, <3 Deevoted