Stolen Boy is billed as a work of fiction, however it actually explores a real event, and that event is still unfolding in the Southern California court system. Jessie James Hollywood faces the potential of the trip to lethal injection for his actions. So real is Michael Mehas’ book that he actually was subpoenaed twice as a witness in the trial, and forced to hand over his notes and tapes of interviews he had conducted.
Conflicted
I had no idea that my work on a motion picture would cause a high-profile death penalty case to end up with the California Supreme Court. Jesse James Hollywood had been gone for nearly three years by the time I became involved. He had totally disappeared. Vanished into thin air. And he seemed so completely removed from the writing project I was about to begin.
Death By Government In California Wastes Money
Aside from the obvious costs to society and its collective morality, there are major financial considerations associated with bringing the death penalty to those convicted of capital crimes. According to a recent Los Angeles Times study, based on eleven executions spread over 27 years in California, state and federal taxpayers pay $250 million per execution.
Consistency in the law;The Death Penalty
…..challenge the Justice system by asking, is this social justice under the law?
The Controversial Death Penalty
There are few topics as controversial among the American government and general population as the death penalty. Few topics spark such heated debates and few issues have people so clearly on one side of the argument or the other. The death penalty is definitely famous for having thinkers on both sides of the fence with few people riding the gray area in the middle.
Many Americans are for the death penalty. In essence they believe that there are certain crimes so heinous th…
The Death Penalty, Is it Good Or Bad?
I am and always have been the pro death penalty, however, even though I am pro death penalty, I probably would not be willing to pull the switch or push the button. I do not think that this makes me a hypocrit. Please bear with me while I explain.
The BOOZE SNOOZE (Alcohol Abuse)
Lose the BOOZE before a snooze, Death penalty comes with alcohol abuse.Dont be the next victim to be sentened, say no to last orders.
Men from Mars women Venus, Common sense cover the PENIS
Sexually transmitted diseases left unattended come with the death penalty. How an STD abuses your body and eats away like maggots on a dead corpse.