Why do murderers get more rights than their victim's family?

Why is it that when a person brutally murders some one there are special interest groups like the ACLU and others who want to make sure the Murderer's civil rights are not violated.They protest the death penalty and if the murderer gets a scratch, these civil rights groups demand an explaination and sue the correctional institution that houses these creeps.

Do these groups forget about the fact that these murderers killed some one, and alot of times for no reason what so ever?

I agree. Why should my tax money be spent to provide a comfortable living for a murderer? People gripe about how the death penalty "hasn't prevented crime from rising." Of course it hasn't, because of groups like the ACLU. Anyone who commits a murder knows they'll just end up making appeals for the next 20-30 years, so there's no fear of reprisal. Everyone who is sentenced to death should be executed within the week of their conviction, with only one appeal. That would provide justice for all parties involved.

What has one got to do with the other?
The families of murder victims have plenty of rights - they have the right for the murderer to serve a just sentence, they're entitled to be awarded restitution, and they can also sue the guy for additional compensation for wrongful death. But civilized nations do not allow cruel and unusual punishments, sorry if that bothers you. Besides, a lot of people in prison these days are non-violent offenders (i.e. dope smokers) who may not actually deserve being beaten up and raped. It's easy to not give a damn what happens to a convicted murderer or sex offender, but if you allow the system to abuse them, then everybody else who winds up behind bars for the smallest offense is also subject to the whims of sadistic guards, wardens, and cellmates.

I am against the death penalty I just don't believe in it.

Anyhow, the victim unfortunately gets lost in the trial the prosecutor sees the trial more as the People against the Offender and not the Victim vs the Offender.

The trial also becomes more of a fight to deter offenders in general than actually punishing the solo offender

There can be special circumstances, like for instace in a case of vehicular manslaughter, it was not pre-meditated to collide with another vehicle (usually), so why should they recieve capitol punishment?

In other interests, like someone who mass murderers people for a hobby and is discovered and prosecuted, capitol punishment might be suited to help relief the pain of the grieving families.

The only opinion I have in that is:
An eye for an eye will leave the entire world blind.

Let's backtrack a bit;

What your question correctly would have said was;

"Why is it that when a person IS ACCUSED OF brutally murdering some one..."

The cops have been known to catch the wrong guy and estimates are that 1 in 10 people executed for murder were innocent.

If YOU were the one falsely accused of the crime, you'd be VERY glad that every one of your rights was being looked after.

This has been going on since the first murder case publicized..Everytime the murderer is mentioned during and after the families mourning they give them great power.Yes even in the eyes of God the criminals still have rights....But as for law/order all I can repeatedly say is:There Goes That Governmental RollerCoaster Ride Again!.Blessings Yahoo

The person is dead. All the courts are doing is making sure the mrderer is declared guilty. There is only one person in the case: the murderer. The victim is gone, and can't give evidence.
There might be some support groups, but frankly, no one cares about the victim's family.

ok well i tend to agree with you, but some things to remember:

our system assumes innocent until proven guilty. even the most brutal killer has the right to a trial according to the constitution.

I totally agree! It isn't fair to the family to have to suffer while the murderer becomes a martyr.

This past winter New Jersey abolished the death penalty. What many people aren't aware of is that the witnesses (before the state legislature) who most influenced the vote to abolish was by families of murder victims. You don't have to sympathize with criminals or want them to avoid terrible punishments for terrible crimes to ask if the death penalty prevents or even reduces crime, to look at alternatives and to think about the risks of executing innocent people.

129 people on death rows have been released with proof that they were wrongfully convicted. DNA, available in less than 10% of all homicides, can鈥檛 guarantee we won鈥檛 execute innocent people.

The death penalty doesn't prevent others from committing murder. No reliable study shows the death penalty deters others. Homicide rates are higher in states and regions that have it than in those that don鈥檛.

Life without parole, on the books in 48 states, also prevents reoffending. It means what it says, and spending 23 of 24 hours a day locked in a tiny cell is not a picnic. Life without parole costs less than the death penalty.

The death penalty is much more expensive than life in prison, mostly because of the upfront costs of legal process which is supposed to prevent executions of innocent people. (upfront=before and during the initial trial)

The death penalty isn't reserved for the worst crimes, but for defendants with the worst lawyers. It doesn't apply to people with money. When is the last time a wealthy person was on death row, let alone executed?

The death penalty doesn't necessarily help families of murder victims. Murder victim family members have testified that the drawn-out death penalty process is painful for them and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative.

Problems with speeding up the process. Over 50 of the innocent people released from death row had already served over a decade. Speed up the process and we will execute innocent people.

Sources:

Death Penalty Information Center, www.deathpenaltyinfo.org, for stats on executions, reports on costs, deterrence studies, links to FBI crime stats and links to testimony (at state legislatures) of victims' family members.

FBI http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/data/tab...

The Innocence Project, www.innocenceproject.org

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/COcostte... page 3 and 4 on why the death penalty is so expensive

http://www.njadp.org/forms/signon-surviv... for statements of victims鈥?families