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Originally Posted by Rerun
Interesting. I suspect, or hope, that might change if the death penalty was on the table.
Different trials, different jury, different judge. All leading to multiple convictions which would allow (in my world.. although I do realize that I'm in the minority here) the death penalty to be implemented.
I also know that implementing the death penalty, as an option in some murder cases in Canada, is extremely unlikely to happen.
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Would cost a fortune, take decades and it is extremely unlikely that any of our current worse killers, Pickton or Olson, would be convicted of many of their crimes separately.
Almost always with serial killers they get done for one strong case, usually the most recent, then the much weaker evidence from the historic cases is judged in the light of the really strong first count, take away all the evidence of the first case, the blood and body parts in the kitchen etc and all the other cases tend to be very circumstantial, a body found up a road and a similar car seen on CCTV at the gas station down the road or the like.