My name is MC Hammer. I am a proud endorser of the SAFE California ballot initiative to replace the death penalty with a maximum sentence of life without parole. I support SAFE California because our death penalty system is broken, it's costly and worst of all, it takes time and attention away from solving rape and murder cases. That's because we've spent $4 billion since 1978 on 13 executions, trials and appeals. That's more than $300 million per convicted inmate.
I was even more shocked when I learned that 46% -- nearly half! -- of all murders in California remain unsolved. More than half -- 56% -- of reported rapes are never solved. And murders with African-American and Latino victims are even more likely to remain unsolved, putting all our families and communities at risk.
That's not justice. That's insanity at a time when we're closing down schools and laying off teachers.
I'm doing all I can to let California voters know that it's time to replace the death penalty. Our focus should be on finding murders and rapists and bringing them to justice. Period.
I hope you'll join me and support the SAFE California Act.
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Google just modified its search engine to "think" more like a human. They stole that idea from you because you have been talking publically about the search engine that you have been designing (called WireDoo) that does that exact same thing, think like a human. Next time, don't talk publically about your projects until they are done. Otherwise, the Googles of the world will steal your ideas again.
SAFE? My friend's murderer lives a nice, comfortable, SAFE life at the expense of my tax dollars.
But there's no way to "fix" the death penalty... We would have to spend even more money and hire even more lawyers, and risk executing innocent lives. Let's just put them all away for life in prison with no chance of parole, and like Hammer says use the money on real public safety and law enforcement!
The only reason that the death penalty doesn't work in California has been because the anti-death penalty forces in California have killed it. That's not what the people wanted, but then, since when have liberals ever cared about what the majority of the people want? They want their way and they will have their way because they believe they are our intellectual and moral superiors - despite all evidence to the contrary.
Ask yourself this question-- how many products or services have you ever purchased-- a car or truck, groceries, landscaping service-- that you paid for, but with no intention of ever using? It would make no sense to go out and buy a new motorcycle if you do not ride and have no intention of doing so-- but might get around to it at some point later on down the road. Well, we have a motorcycle that, at a rate of $65,000,000/yr, is collecting rust from lack of use and upkeep. Time to clean it up and dust it off and make it worth what we paid for it.
And just out of curiosity, what exactly-- in your opinion (going off what Hammer said)-- would constitute "real public safety and law enforcement"?