TxHoops Posted April 29, 2015 Report Posted April 29, 2015 The last stats I saw on the issue showed that blacks were underrepresented on death row. Look at the known offenders by race and blacks committed slighly more than half of all murders yet are less than half of death row inmates. Even given for slight fluctuations from year to year (slightly over or under 50%) the results are roughly that blacks are on death row at similar rates to the known homicides based on race. I am not sure where a statement of three times more likely to get the death sentence comes from. If blacks commit about half of all murders and are 3 times as likely to be on death row, are they 150% of death row? I read an article on this topic a few years ago. From the stats I read back then, a black was more likley to have the death penalty sought if the victim was white. That doesn't change the numbers as far as death row inmates but it is not (theoretical) justice for black victims. In other words, one race commits about half the murders and occupies about half of death row. That half is mainly for white victims however. The injustice is not how many blacks are on death row but how many black victims of murder will not have the ultimate sentence carried out on their behalf. Maybe that is where the 3 times more likely comes from. The death sentence might be 3 times more likely sought if the victim is white. Of course then you have to toss in the stats that whites are way more likely to be the victim of a murder by blacks that the opposite of blacks being the victim of murder by whites. I think you are right tvc (re: 3 Xs more likely when victim is white). I believe that was a study from Yale University 5-10 years ago. Thanks for the clarification. PN-G bamatex 1 Quote
Mr. Buddy Garrity Posted May 27, 2015 Author Report Posted May 27, 2015 @CBSNews: Inside the mind of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Quote
Mr. Buddy Garrity Posted May 27, 2015 Author Report Posted May 27, 2015 @denverpost: BREAKING: Read Aurora #theatershooting gunman's notebook in its entirety  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up    Doesn't seem like insanity to me, more like a very smart homegrown terrorist. Quote
tvc184 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Posted May 28, 2015 Not insanity legally. He wouldn't be writing of being caught if he thought what he was doing was legal.... which is the standard of not guilty by insanity. Quote
Mr. Buddy Garrity Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Posted July 10, 2015 @cnnbrk: James Holmes, accused in Aurora, Colorado, theater mass murder, says he won't testify. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  Quote
Hagar Posted July 10, 2015 Report Posted July 10, 2015 @cnnbrk: James Holmes, accused in Aurora, Colorado, theater mass murder, says he won't testify. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  Only thing he could do would be to take the Fifth.  I'm thinking half time at the Super Bowl, throw him and that other piece of feces from SC into a wood chipper. But that's old school.  Don't mean to shock you young fellows. BS Wildcats and Mr. Buddy Garrity 2 Quote
stevenash Posted July 10, 2015 Report Posted July 10, 2015 Only thing he could do would be to take the Fifth. I'm thinking half time at the Super Bowl, throw him and that other piece of feces from SC into a wood chipper. But that's old school.  Don't mean to shock you young fellows.​Be prepared to be scolded for lack of tolerance and compassion. Quote
Hagar Posted July 10, 2015 Report Posted July 10, 2015 ​Be prepared to be scolded for lack of tolerance and compassion.Lol, surely in this PC world.  But back in my younger days, I used those words for folks who deserved it, not the nut jobs that receive it today.   Take the case of the illegal immigrant in SF who shot the lady (another wood chipper candidate).  I can feel the empathy from here all the way from Ca.  And After all that he's done!  SMH, BMHAAW (beat my head against a wall).  Need less PC and more CS (common sense).  Quote
LumRaiderFan Posted July 10, 2015 Report Posted July 10, 2015 Lol, surely in this PC world.  But back in my younger days, I used those words for folks who deserved it, not the nut jobs that receive it today.   Take the case of the illegal immigrant in SF who shot the lady (another wood chipper candidate).  I can feel the empathy from here all the way from Ca.  And After all that he's done!  SMH, BMHAAW (beat my head against a wall).  Need less PC and more CS (common sense).  ​Sad case...that young women's blood is on the hands of the pro Sanctuary City politicians IMO. Hagar and BS Wildcats 2 Quote
tvc184 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Posted July 10, 2015 @cnnbrk: James Holmes, accused in Aurora, Colorado, theater mass murder, says he won't testify. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  ​Of course you could take his name out and replace it with anyone else on trial and be true for about 98% of the time. Quote
Mr. Buddy Garrity Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Posted July 16, 2015 @cnnbrk: Verdict reached in trial of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes; to be read at 6 p.m. ET. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  Quote
tvc184 Posted July 16, 2015 Report Posted July 16, 2015 Guilty. Now on to the death sentence. Hagar 1 Quote
Mr. Buddy Garrity Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Posted July 16, 2015 Guilty. Now on to the death sentence. ​seems like Colorado not really with the whole put em to death deal, last one was 97, before then it was in the 60s from what the media reported. Quote
Hagar Posted July 16, 2015 Report Posted July 16, 2015 Guilty. Now on to the death sentence. I'm with you TVC.  I have no idea what the word is when your emotions are all mixed up.  Happy at verdict!  Sad as they show pics of victims.  And finally, anger bordering on rage.  I'm to old for this 2. Quote
tvc184 Posted July 16, 2015 Report Posted July 16, 2015 ​seems like Colorado not really with the whole put em to death deal, last one was 97, before then it was in the 60s from what the media reported.  How many mass murders since 1997? Quote
Mr. Buddy Garrity Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Posted July 16, 2015  How many mass murders since 1997? ​true Quote
BS Wildcats Posted July 16, 2015 Report Posted July 16, 2015 Put him to sleep. Â To bad he did not save taxpayers money and just do it himself. Mr. Buddy Garrity 1 Quote
Mr. Buddy Garrity Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Posted July 17, 2015 Put him to sleep.  To bad he did not save taxpayers money and just do it himself.​im surprised he hadn't tried since he was so "mentally unstable" by some media reports. (Sarcasm) Quote
BS Wildcats Posted July 17, 2015 Report Posted July 17, 2015 ​im surprised he hadn't tried since he was so "mentally unstable" by some media reports. (Sarcasm) I'm with you Quote
Mr. Buddy Garrity Posted August 7, 2015 Author Report Posted August 7, 2015 @AP: MORE: Jury reaches decision on whether James Holmes should get death penalty; to be announced in three hours: This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Quote
Mr. Buddy Garrity Posted August 7, 2015 Author Report Posted August 7, 2015 seems like Colorado not really with the whole put em to death deal, last one was 97, before then it was in the 60s from what the media reported. @CBSDenver: #BreakingNews: #TheaterShooting jury verdict: #JamesHolmes to face life in prison - This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  Life. Smdh Quote
PhatMack19 Posted August 8, 2015 Report Posted August 8, 2015 @CBSDenver: #BreakingNews: #TheaterShooting jury verdict: #JamesHolmes to face life in prison - This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  Life. SmdhTax payers get to foot the bill for the rest of his life........ They should have tried him in Texas. We would have taken care of him. thetragichippy, 77 and Mr. Buddy Garrity 3 Quote
thetragichippy Posted August 8, 2015 Report Posted August 8, 2015 @CBSDenver: #BreakingNews: #TheaterShooting jury verdict: #JamesHolmes to face life in prison - This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  Life. Smdhthey have only execited 1 person since 1976......this is not about him , it's about the State. Mr. Buddy Garrity 1 Quote
Mr. Buddy Garrity Posted August 8, 2015 Author Report Posted August 8, 2015 they have only execited 1 person since 1976......this is not about him , it's about the State.i know, saw what I posted previously Quote
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