When a new trial is granted, the entire painful process of the first trial is repeated. The waiting then continues and the family feels cheated and betrayed by the system. Some feel cheated even when an execution takes place. Many family members come away feeling that execution was not enough. They begin to entertain fantasies about what tortures should have been inflicted on the offender who in many cases died more easily than the victim.
Victims have a right to feel safe.
In most prisons men and women are simply warehoused. Medical problems, addictions, emotional and psychiatric disorders resulting from childhood neglect and abuse, as well as other causes of violent behavior are never even diagnosed, let alone treated. Building more prisons, locking more people up for longer periods of time, and executing human beings cost millions of dollars that should be spent on correcting the conditions that cause crime. Instituting programs that teach prisoners new ways to deal with conflict would reduce recidivism. Determining the root causes of violence and working to reduce them are the most effective and humane responses to crime.