Commenting colleague

Interesting blog to say the least. I think it's courageous you can open up about not understanding Texas Government when most would keep their mouths shut, with the worry of be embarrassed. Some people may get this class, some may not, but the fact how you stay in the class instead of dropping, and WILLING to try to understand the class speaks volumes. You're right Texas Government is important if you're living in this state, don't want to be clueless to as what is going on. Like you I also enjoy learning things about that state I live in. So just keep on keeping on and you'll be fine.

Death Penalty?

As a criminal justice major, I’ve had the chance to explore all the laws and regulations of Texas, and another topic I’ve done research on is the death penalty. For a long time I was for the death penalty, but as I learned from my teachers it may be a bad thing, especially for us tax payers. According to the death penalty information center Texas is spending 2.3 million dollars PER case. With 300 people set to be executed the math equals up to 690 million dollars. To make this more appealing this 2.3 million is about 3 times the cost of putting someone in prison at the maximum level for 40 years. With this much money being spent on executions, that is tons and tons of our tax payers dollars, that to me now isn’t really necessary. The money being spend on executions can go to other things so as education funds (especially for teachers salaries), highway funds, and anything the state of Texas can benefit from. Aside from the money aspect of denying the death penalty in Texas, another reason we should is because innocent people are sometimes sent to the execution chamber. Although it’s rare mistaken identity does happen, not only do you have to pay the family shall the family sue, but again all of our tax payers money would have gone to a case that had no meaning. Yes I was pro death penalty, but if someone take the time like I did to realize all this money being spent (OUR money) you’d realize it’s not worth it, and yes I am pro “and justice for all” but the money is not worth it.