Message Forum: Re: Timothy McVeigh & The death penalty

Re: Timothy McVeigh & The death penalty

Posted By: eric sleator, on host 24.21.13.118
Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2001, at 16:59:03
In Reply To: Re: Timothy McVeigh & The death penalty posted by wintermute on Tuesday, June 12, 2001, at 07:12:10:

> I am well aware that only 400 (?) people have
> been sentanced to death since it was decided
> that execution was not "cruel and unusual
> punishmant" in 1967

What? As of January 1, 1999, California alone has 519 people on death row. Texas has 441, Florida has 390, etc. I don't know where you get your figures, but they're bizarre.

-eric sleator
Tue 12 Jun A.D. 2001

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