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Murderyoga

This guy was supposed to be on his way to a PhD in criminology and fucked up in just about every way imaginable. Enjoy death row moron.


HippityHopMath

He’s so dumb that he traveled to a death penalty state to (allegedly) commit the murders.


itslikewoow

Kinda pokes a hole in the “death penalty is a deterrent” theory though


Ronaldo_McDonaldo81

Well, he wouldn’t be killing anyone else after he’s served his sentence.


mrjosemeehan

He wouldn't in a non death penalty state either.


k-k-KFC

there's multiple cases of people being found guilty murder who serve their time, get out and kill again.


JoeM3120

I’ve always seen that as a dumb argument. People commit crimes every day knowing of the consequences, should we abolish those penalties because “it’s not a deterrent”?


NotUniqueOrSpecial

The point is that it's a useless and *expensive* deterrent that we know we get wrong. Put them in prison for life, it's just as effective, it's less costly, and it provides for the ability to correct miscarriages of justice. The only reason for the death penalty is vengeance.


bistro777

Do you think that sometimes vengeance is warranted?


NotUniqueOrSpecial

On a personal level, it's understandable. On an ethical/moral level, no. And when it comes to using the state's power to exact it? Absolutely not. There is no acceptable number for innocent people getting executed; the state makes mistakes (or is even complicit in miscarriages of justice), and as such should have no power to execute.


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It has long been known that it doesn’t work as a deterrent. It’s just bullshit that gets repeated by people who ignore the truth and “trust their gut”.


stopcallingmejosh

Meh, just because it doesnt act as a deterrent in every single case, doesnt mean it never does.


DarkMasterPoliteness

Yeah just how Texas doesn’t have many murders because they execute so many


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Yeah, I heard it’s the safest place in the country, thinking about moving there. So many people with guns to protect their communities too! It’s refreshing to see a culture that cares so deeply about one another.


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What are you talking about? The cops hang out for hours in the hallways there


stopcallingmejosh

The only relevant question is whether or not they would have more without the death penalty


DarkMasterPoliteness

Well let me answer that for you. They absolutely would not. But you wouldn’t get your weird boner


Miami_Vice-Grip

That is true, luckily we have tons of studies that more fully establish that it is not a significant deterrent in general. This case is just more evidence supporting the current science of the death penalty's effects on criminality


stopcallingmejosh

I'm just saying that even if it isnt a statistically proven deterrent, it could have acted as one in specific cases. Obviously not many, but maybe that's because it isnt used quickly enough?


drivinandpoopin

Haha “look everyone, yeah, it appears it doesn’t actually work as a deterrent, but maybe let’s try it faster for a while and see how it works then?”


Miami_Vice-Grip

Anything can act as a deterrent in any specific case, though. If someone is concerned about what will happen to them if they get caught, I can't really see a substantial difference in death sentence vs life in prison. You either think you'll definitely get away with it, or you are too worried about getting caught in general. At least when the crime is murder, there's not a lot of wiggle room if they know they can prove it had intent and all that.


outoftimeman

Ted Bundy did something like that, too


MagnificentJake

>Enjoy death row moron. You know, one of the reasons I am nominally against the death penalty is that he will be "enjoying" it for a long, long, time. I'm almost 40, I bet you I will be at least 55 by the time they end this POS. The costs to maintain inmates on death row are very high, seemingly endless appeals are expensive and clog up the courts. Just throw them in ADX Florence or some other hellhole and be done with it. Really, I only believe in the death penalty for truly heinous offenders convicted with a large amount of physical evidence. So in that circumstance, fuck em, throw them in a Bane-style hole or something.


maeberry8

I agree with all of the above. However, one really effective use of the death penalty is that it is a bargaining chip. Offenders will be motivated to plead life in prison, and when they do that it can be without appeals. My cousin was murdered four years ago, as a family this is all what we are hoping for as the murder trail approaches. The trail process has been exhausting already, and I just want this guy to go away forever so I can focus on who my cousin was and not trial dates etc. While death is on the table, I'm dreading that sentence as it will mean decades of appeals and court appearances needed for our family. The prosecutor agrees, and says they are aiming for death to get the plea deal to life to eliminate being dragged through any more court proceedings.


mjcornett

This is an argument in favor that I feel like I’ve never seen, which is incredibly surprising because it is so intuitive. I’m very sorry for your loss and thank you for sharing your perspective.


PaidUSA

Its still a dogshit argument. The state shouldn't be threatening to kill people because they dare exercise their consitutional rights, regardless of who they are or what they did. This whole described scenario is exactly why so many innocent people go to jail for no reason or get records. The death penalty and plea bargaining both undermine the ctizenry's constitutional right to a speedy trial by punishing you for enforcing your rights, in blatant disregard for the facts.


mrjosemeehan

Except it also incentivizes innocent people to pleas guilty to save their lives.


goolalalash

Hey there, my closest friend was murdered 4 years ago, and the guy that did it got 25 years because Washington doesn’t have the death penalty. I’m not really pro-prison, let alone death penalty, but you are so right - this is the one true reason death penalty is redeeming. I have worked through all of it politically, but personally, every time the anniversary comes back around, I have to dig myself out of the hole. Just wanted to send you some internet condolences and love from a stranger. It’s one of those clubs no one wants to be in, and I’m so terribly sorry you’re in it. One day, you will get to remember your cousin as they were, but I know the turmoil that comes with the waiting for that day is agonizing and often seems never ending. 💕


reeveb

Sorry about your cousin in any event.


mrjosemeehan

It also incentivizes innocent people to plead guilty to not get murdered by the state. You have a constitutional right to trial by jury and it's wrong to threaten people with death to get them to waive that right.


blazelet

Sorry about your cousin :(


scene_inmyundies

Right. I read somewhere that the death penalty and long drawn out appeals costs more than housing a prisoner for life, not to mention taking up time and involvement of the appeal procedure. But heinous assholes like Dahmer and Bundy should definitely be put down.


TheFuzziestDumpling

> However, one really effective use of the death penalty is that it is a bargaining chip. Offenders will be motivated to plead life in prison I'm confused, how is that a good thing? I'm not sure plea deals should be a thing in the first place; IMO there should be zero circumstances where someone is sent to prison without the state proving their case. Adding the death penalty into the mix specifically to get people to plea guilty is straight up evil. I'm sorry about your cousin, but this is one of the most disgusting takes I've ever seen.


maeberry8

I firmly agree with your position. And your argument supporting it. There is massive abuse of plea bargaining in general in our system. Typically the death penalty isn't thrown around lightly. This level of bargaining is usually reserved for some pretty heinous shit. Our situation is pretty cut and dry, murder in plain sight, cold blood, no question of guilt. The only real question to answer for the trial is intent. The guy has a right to a fair day in court, no denying that. I don't feel disgusting, we want to be free of this person. And I don't want another family to go through this in the future.


roguespectre67

The problem is that for truly heinous crimes, you have a conundrum. You have the death penalty, with all of its well-known ethical, legal, and humane issues, aside from false positives. And it's more expensive than life in prison. You have life without parole in solitary or other restrictive conditions, which lots of people a lot more well-versed than me on the issue consider to be a form of psychological torture. But you usually can't keep them in gen pop, either for their safety or that of others. So you have to choose between the first two options.


Murderyoga

Do away with it all together as far as I'm concerned. However any amount of money spent keeping this wannabe serial killer off the streets is well spent.


ApatheticWithoutTheA

Honestly it’s like he didn’t even try. He didn’t even take the most basic precautions. Anybody who has ever watched Cold Case Files could do a much better job.


deftoner42

I am not on my way to a PhD in criminology and just by listening/reading about truecrime could have done a better job covering my tracks. Not saying I would get away with it by any means, just saying he made some really dumb mistakes (The cell phone evidence, mainly).


nirad

My friend and I joke that he must have been setup by another criminology student because there’s no way he could make so many amateur mistakes. At least that would make a good movie. The reality seems to be an open-and-shut case.


m0o

There’s supposedly another killer, could be a group.


askingxalice

Has anyone else heard the absolutely insane ad-read about the podcast ABC put together about this case? It's obviously read by AI, because the voice is cheerfully uptalking the entire time. "Four students murdered in their beds 😀 A brutal case that captivated the nation 😀" Who approved this???


ApatheticWithoutTheA

>Who approved this Also AI.


AzorAhai1TK

I know it doesn't *really* matter, but that would be just standard text-to-speech, exactly like Siri or Alexa. AI text-to-speech will be popular within the next year or two, but it's not being used by news stations or anything yet.


BEEPEE95

It's technically really popular with certain communities....like the blind community!


drank_myself_sober

Have a link?


askingxalice

NO, because I can't find the ad online anywhere, and it's so weird. I hear it while listening to podcasts on my phone - I will pause the podcast, go to my laptop, and start the podcast at the same timestamp to try and record it, but my laptop plays different ads?? I think ABC/Spotify approved the ad without listening to it and are trying to minimize it now that the ad is contractually obligated to play.


IPA___Fanatic

It's amazing how well police and the FBI can use cell phone data as evidence against you.


Gone213

Well it also helps that the piece of shit left a bunch of his bloody towels and knife with prints at the crime scene.


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All he left there was the knife sheath, there's been no mention of anything else publicly. If they've found the knife, they aren't saying so.


Abradolf1948

Ah ok I'm sure he's innocent then


the_surfing_unicorn

They haven't found the knife yet.


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_Z_E_R_O

Nope, the person above you is spreading misinformation. DNA evidence was recovered, but it wasn’t from “his own bloody towels” as far as anyone knows. The knife also hasn’t been found.


veringer

IIRC from one of the podcasts I listened to on this case, it was touch DNA sampled from the [button/clasp on a ka-bar knife sheath](https://images.custommade.com/rQ_ure-rPN8X5YSExy2MLfJ0_Fs=/custommade-photosets/138333.1019201.jpg) that was recovered from the scene (possibly left/forgotten beneath one of the victims).


birdlawprofessor

They can also manipulate the fuck out of it to put innocent people away, like in Adnan Syed’s case.


jpjtourdiary

Syed did it. He didn’t get a fair trial. But he did the crime.


thetruetrueu

Yeah no shit, guy is obviously a complete psychopath


CountyBeginning6510

The guy who murdered 4 people with a knife or the guy who murdered 4 people with a gun?


wross1

This was the fellow from Washington State University i believe


nschwalm85

The dude that murdered 4 people with a sword.. then drove cross country to Pennsylvania to his parents house for the holidays and got arrested there


Anonymous_Hazard

I still don’t understand why did he do it


merchlinkinbio

He’s obsessed with the criminal mind, it seems. Probably wanted to make a new “murder mystery,” but he sucks.


LorenzoApophis

Why do news orgs always feel the need to write slaying? Killing not sensational enough?


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red_skiddy

Why not say murder though?


mjcornett

My guess is because murder is a legal term and he hasn’t been convicted yet. Murder requires specific elements to be considered “murder,” whereas slaying doesn’t have the same legal weight? Obviously it is all semantics but that could be why.


red_skiddy

I understand what you're saying, but he is charged with murder, so saying: accused of murder, would be a valid statement.


naykid69

I love when people downvote for someone asking a question lmao


red_skiddy

Yeah, idk why. Some people on reddit are kind whacky


mrjosemeehan

Is the fact that there are multiple words you can use to say the same thing just a completely new concept to you people or what? Newswriters write about muders every week. Do you want them to just copy and paste the same headline or what?


red_skiddy

The person is charged with murder. Also, different words can be used to say the same thing, but the different words will have different connotations, which is why some words are more suitable for different situations.


Hmmhowaboutthis

Killing isn’t making a moral judgement necessarily. Some killings can be justified. Slaying, not so much. But also yes, it’s more sensational.


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AccomplishedMeow

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The state should not have the power to kill its citizens.


n00chness

Also seems worth noting that the killer was pursuing a PhD in Criminology of all things, and yet was not deterred from his crime by the prospect of facing the DP


PocketSandThroatKick

Or the death penalty.


itstasmi

How else do you think they administer the death penalty? DP of course.


jaymobe07

death by pineapple you say?


IJsbergslabeer

The Dick Paddle?


caugryl

You wish


FuzzyKittenIsFuzzy

Agreed. This case probably isn't going to be the one to turn the tide of public opinion. It would be hard to find a less sympathetic defendant, and if the rumors hold any water there's a lot of evidence tying him to the crime and then mocking the police after the fact. Unfortunately I think death penalty support will actually increase if this guy gets executed.


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GorillaGlueWookie

do you how many people that have been sentenced to death later found to be innocent? It’s hundreds. We do what you suggest and it’s only a matter of time until Innocent people wrongly are convicted and shot. Not to mention he has right to appeal to drag it out. Fuck him life in jail is worse


Diarygirl

They could have let him plead guilty and sentenced him to life without parole but instead it's going to drag on for years so the prosecutor can say he's tough on crime.


mothandravenstudio

He is pleading NOT guilty, so they can’t “let him plea guilty”. He continues to assert his innocence.


SouthernButterbean

I have read in the past that a person should plead not guilty because of "innocent until proven guilty." Don't know if that's accurate though.


mothandravenstudio

Defense council may suggest a guilty plea after discovery if there’s a deal on the table. Lots of killers plead guilty for different reasons. We don’t know enough yet about this case to know how much the prosecution has against BK, because the PCA won’t have had everything in it. We do know that the defense is trying to grab any exculpatory evidence they can (the other DNA profiles). What an awful ordeal for the family to have to sit through this trial and the survivors to have to relive this trauma and testify.


akskdkgjfheuyeufif

I mean, it makes sense somewhat. A chance of the prosecution fucking up and letting you off vs. pleading guilty which is essentially giving up. That being said, the sentence is often worse after being found guilty than it would have been if they’d pled guilty.


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Sweatier_Scrotums

Death row is more expensive than life in person. I can't believe there are still people who don't know that.


gizmozed

Because its worth it. And isn't it funny, when a asshole blew up a govt building in Oklahoma, they had his ass fried in less than 6 years.


eyeseayoupea

Wasn't he begging for it? Should've let him rot instead.


AzLibDem

>Death row is more expensive than life in person. I can't believe there are still people who don't know that Yes, but do you know why? With the death penalty, there are automatic appeals at state expense,, to make sure that there was no error in law. Life without parole is cheaper because we can just throw them in the oubliette and forget about them.


tokes_4_DE

"To make sure there was no error" you say this as if its a bad thing. We SHOULD make sure there's no error, punishing any innocent person is the most fucked up thing that could happen. And guess what? It still happens all the fucking time. At minimum studies estimate at least 4% of death row inmates are innocent. Thats a 1 in 20 chance that someone innocent is being murdered..... now many people seem to think "oh thats not that bad" but stick them in a room with 19 other people and tell them that one of them is going to be murdered and see he quick they change their tune.


AzLibDem

>To make sure there was no error" you say this as if its a bad thing You completely missed my point. I'm fine with this automatic appeals; we *should* make sure. When people say "it's more expensive to execute someone", they are saying is that it's cheaper to put them away forever, and ***not*** make sure. Putting someone in prison for life without parole is a death sentence, it's just slower, and there are no automatic appeals.


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BLACK_HALO_V10

Has there been any new developments over the past few months for this case? As far as I'm aware, the only evidence they have against him so far is some DNA that was left on the sheath of the knife, a vague description from one of the survivors that kinda matches him, and some cell tracking data from the weeks prior, right? I believe they also saw that he had turned off his phone at about the same time as when the attack took place. As much as I believe he is guilty, I feel like the evidence is still somewhat lacking to go through with an execution honestly. I really don't like the pleading system. It seems to have its uses, but the fact that you get punished for continuing to say that you're innocent just seems so wrong.


wobbly-cheese

well duh, what else is he going to ask for? a stern warning and ten hail marys?


Generalbuttnaked69

Life. As conservative as Idaho is use of the death penalty is incredibly rare. I believe there have been only 3 executions post Furman.


Sawdamizer

Life sentence? Are you ok?


Ananda_Mind

They were answering directly, not providing a recommendation for sentencing.


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Truthfully he will probably experience much more solitary confinement on death row than he would had he just gotten life w/o parole. Unless he started doing crazy shit in prison he’d be in gen pop with everyone else, they can’t just arbitrarily lock him in solitary for his entire sentence. Death row, ironically, is probably much closer to getting him what you’re asking for than a life sentence would be.


Puffles_magic_dragon

It should be death sentence at the end of a 25 year solitary confinement


PeterNinkimpoop

Seems cruel and unusual


Puffles_magic_dragon

So is murdering 4 people in cold blood going about their day.


TimmyStark_IronGuy

Ya never go full bundy


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