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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Do you suppose that if these fellows were going to face the death penalty that their cases would have been better scrutinized. Perhaps they wouldn't have been convicted at all if the jurors knew they were holding a life in their hands. The problem isn't in the sentence but, rather in the judgement that found these fellows guilty in the first place. That's is what needs to be fixed.
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so triers-of-fact are less diligent in their duty when they assigning a life sentence in prison as opposed to assigning the death penalty? Knowing the prisoner will only go to jail and not be executed allows jurors to be more blase?