The Death Penalty Information Center ( http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/ ) calculates that from 1993-2003the average time a person convicted of a capital offense spends on death row before being executed has stayed consistent: between ten and twelve years.Most of this time is spent on appeals from the condemned person.

In Alabama, after a person is sentenced to death their case proceeds as follows: Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals for mandatory review > Alabama Supreme Court for certiorari review; United States Supreme Court for certiorari review. After the direct appeal has concluded, the case moves to postconviction review which proceeds as follows: trial court > Court of Criminal Appeals for mandatory review > Alabama Supreme Court for certiorari review > United States Supreme Court for certiorari review. Then the federal postconvictionreview process begins, proceeding as follows: federal trial court > US Court of Appeals > US Supreme Court.

In short, it's a lengthy process.

What is your opinion as to how much "process" people convicted of capital crimes should be granted.