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heaven05

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4. So, let me get this right

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2015, 08:21 PM

Apr 2015

they can take part in a racist killing of a man with obvious racist animus involved in this murder and get a few years and that makes everything legally okay? Is this a correct analysis of this murder or am I just being too sensitive and not really understanding these two women? What am I missing about these two that makes me believe that they got the maximum prison time.

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2 women sentenced in slaying of Mississippi black man [View all] Judi Lynn Apr 2015 OP

Why not longer in prison? madamvlb Apr 2015 #1

Where are the life sentences??? ...Oh yeah, they're white and the victim? He was black, of course. Kip Humphrey Apr 2015 #3

You can ask Attorney General Holder why not tougher charges since these were federal cases brought 24601 Apr 2015 #8

No justice here, not even 15 years between them both. SummerSnow Apr 2015 #2

Deryl Dedmon, two others sentenced from 7-50 years in hate crime freshwest Apr 2015 #6

(see #8) Precisely to the contrary, you did not get this from Mississippi at all. The only ones you 24601 Apr 2015 #10

So, let me get this right heaven05 Apr 2015 #4

They should have gotten life. 840high Apr 2015 #5

8 and 5 years? progressoid Apr 2015 #7

These two deserved more time than this. Much more time. herding cats Apr 2015 #9

Depraved, hateful garbage like these two and their sick friends tabasco Apr 2015 #11

Mississippi has the death penalty. Had the murderers been black and the victim, white, they would Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2015 #12

they'll be great fox news casters olddots Apr 2015 #13

We would have to know why Federal prosecutors offered the two of them a plea deal Lurks Often Apr 2015 #14

grave miscarriage of justice indicative of institutional racism cali Apr 2015 #15