CJ ST 410 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Mitigating Factor, Court Costs, Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
29 Oct 2018
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Future dangerousness, incapacitation, and economic costs of capital. Execution is the only guarantee that they will not kill again. Life in prison gives opportunity to escape, parole or harm inmates and staff. Life in prison without parole is costing taxpayer moneys. Future dangerousness must be considered in sentencing in. Future dangerousness is an aggravating factor in 4 states: Texas, oklahoma and virginia account for over 50% of the countries executions (in modern times) Future dangerousness is a secondary consideration in the supreme court. A few death row inmates have escaped. A women escaped from florida death row in 1969. She was 34 years old and could fit through her cell window. In 1980 four death row inmates in georgia dressed up as correctional officers and escaped. They sawed through the bars of their cells and then went out a window. The guy from gregg v georgia was one.
