2009 House Bill 1909 (eliminating the death penalty in favor of lifetime incarceration)

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Introduced by Rep. Brendan Williams, (D-Olympia) (D) on February 2, 2009, finds that criminal justice expenses can be reduced by eliminating the death penalty in favor of life incarceration and therefore seeks to eliminate the death penalty from sentencing options.
- Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on February 2, 2009.

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1) Re: 2009 House Bill 1909 (eliminating the death penalty in favor of lifetime incarceration) [by CliffWells on February 13, 2009]

THAT's RIGHT!

If we truly believe that killing is wrong, why do we kill people who killed? If two wrongs don't make a right, why try more? There is too much history of people being found (not Guilty) or what we might call INNOCENT long after sentencing. While others are pushing for faster sentencing and carrying out executions, It seems clear that we have to slow down because we have flaws in the system.

We seem to live in an age in which it's OK to ask our government to kill somebody to make us feel better, but when somebody kills (for whatever reason, but 'without authorization', we think it's wrong. We need to re-evaluate our system so we don't look so hypocritical on this issue and consider MODERN, Civilized, sentencing. "An Eye for and Eye" is from the dark ages and (carried too far), leaves us blind.

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2) 2009 House Bill 1909 (eliminating the death penalty in favor of lifetime incarceration) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the House on February 2, 2009

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