Here is a little back room reality.
Politicians don't get money from the lobbies group of murders, accused or actual. However, a lot of attorneys who don't like either the death penalty itself or how it is applied have shared a lot of information to minimze the time it takes them to inflict a serious drain on resources everytime the state tries to use it. The pols pass laws to show they are tough and make it easier to use, the lawyers respond with pooling resources and new tactics.
The lawyers, as always, are winning, especailly since some of are also pols. After the 1996 "reforms" the US executed 74, 68, 95, and 86. The last four years, 37, 52, 46, 43.
Politicians don't get money from the lobbies group of murders, accused or actual. However, a lot of attorneys who don't like either the death penalty itself or how it is applied have shared a lot of information to minimze the time it takes them to inflict a serious drain on resources everytime the state tries to use it. The pols pass laws to show they are tough and make it easier to use, the lawyers respond with pooling resources and new tactics.
The lawyers, as always, are winning, especailly since some of are also pols. After the 1996 "reforms" the US executed 74, 68, 95, and 86. The last four years, 37, 52, 46, 43.