No Death Penalty for Taylor's Killers; Fifth Suspect Charged; Suspect Pleads Guilty

I've sat through quite a few capital murder cases and they are extremely stressful on everyone involved. Even though the criteria is there to proceed with seeking the death penalty, the prosecutors will usually get input from the victim's family. As long as Taylor's family is OK with it, so am I.

I'd imagine that most of the inmates, many of them with nothing to lose, will know who they are and why they're there. These guys will be living in fear everyday until it happens. If they were assigned the death penalty, I don't think they'd ever see their official execution date.

I'd imagine that most of the inmates, many of them with nothing to lose, will know who they are and why they're there. These guys will be living in fear everyday until it happens. If they were assigned the death penalty, I don't think they'd ever see their official execution date.
High profile inmates are usually kept in special segregated housing units. I doubt they would interact much with the general inmate population.

High profile inmates are usually kept in special segregated housing units. I doubt they would interact much with the general inmate population.

Don't "SHUs" house inmates who have gotten into fights in prison? If SHUs are a form of punishment and high-profile inmates go to SHUs, do high-profile inmates serve "tougher time" than your garden variety inmates in general population?

Don't "SHUs" house inmates who have gotten into fights in prison? If SHUs are a form of punishment and high-profile inmates go to SHUs, do high-profile inmates serve "tougher time" than your garden variety inmates in general population?
They don't serve tougher time per se. High profile inmates are specially classified much like sex offenders are. They still have the same privileges as other inmates, they're just placed under a "keep separate" status. It's generally not in the best interest of the prison to have these types of inmates mixed in with the general population due to various security concerns.

A.M.F. to those sorry bastards who killed Sean. When they get in the prison and the inmates find out who they are, they will probably be taken care of accordingly - prison style. Whether that's getting their a**holes stretched out a whole lot or straight up killed, something will happen. Oh, and if you don't know what A.M.F. stands for, it means "Adios Mother F*cker"!

Like the article says this was never going to be a death penalty case from the outset. There was no evidence that these idiots intended to murder Sean and the shooter was a minor. I say the two kids in the house at the time of the terrible confrontation which includes the shooter get first degree murder while the other two might get a lesser sentence. It's possible one of these idiots was even at the wrong place at the wrong time, but he will have a hell of a time trying to prove it.

I'd rather see these guys rot in prison anyway.

Did you know that it cost more to keep someone in prison for life, rather then putting them to death? I find this hard to believe.

They don't serve tougher time per se. High profile inmates are specially classified much like sex offenders are. They still have the same privileges as other inmates, they're just placed under a "keep separate" status. It's generally not in the best interest of the prison to have these types of inmates mixed in with the general population due to various security concerns.

Thanx LB,
Based on your vocation, you ad an interesting insight into such matters.
Speaking for myself, the whole Sean thing has left me......kind of empty on the matter. I want them them to pay, but I cannot get to zealous about it

Did you know that it cost more to keep someone in prison for life, rather then putting them to death? I find this hard to believe.

I don't really understand what you are saying here. Are you stating as fact that it costs less to execute someone than to imprison them for life, or that you find it hard to believe it costs less to execute someone than to imprison them for life? In any case, as you might expect, this question of cost seems to divide largely along ideological lines (death penalty proponents say it is cheaper, death penalty opponents say it is more expensive). I haven't done the research so I can't say exactly, though a quick search suggests that more competent work seems to support the latter. Personally I think cost is a tangential issue and bigger problems exist with imbuing the state with the power to execute it's citizens, but as to the cost I'd have to defer to peer reviewed research to make a more accurate statement. I don't, however, think you can simply state as fact that it is cheaper to execute someone than to keep them in prison for life.