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Ayesha (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 12:55 AM Original message |
Executed man's last request honored - pizzas for everyone |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. Kick and off to the greatest page. n/t |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow, what a story. |
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Preening Fop (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. Tis truly, a CNN report worth mailing to a Friend....!! |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. compassion can be found in any person |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. I think he was a drug addict, stealing to get more drugs. |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Sorry to barge in with this, but it's simple. DECRIMINALIZE. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 07:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Oh, stop with the logic. |
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HuskiesHowls (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. And a low tax, and "voila"...no more national debt!!!! n/t |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Let pharmacies sell it, no one will go to a dangerous gangster drug dealer... |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
62. I don't know about that one... |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. Agreed. Let's offer more help instead |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
54. It's not the price, it's the legality and resulting lack of |
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chchchanges (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-11-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #54 |
66. Once you tax drugs they become less appealing for the pushers... |
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LetsThink (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
78. It needs to be recognized as ILLNESS...... |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 07:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. No, not one person in particular |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. He didn't name a "homeless shelter" |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 07:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. It's rare to execute someone for theft. nt |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 07:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. He wasn't executed for theft.... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. I know, it's sad, it's even sadder to think it probably wouldn't have happened... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. "So shines a good deed in a weary world. " |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-11-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
73. That is a great quote. n/t |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. How difficult would it have been to bend a rule? |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 07:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. "reasonable doubt" is the criteria, isn't it? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. When it comes to killing people there ought to be higher standard. |
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NastyDiaper (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. Homeless left asking, "Where's the Beef?" |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
15. Tears In My Eyes |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
16. Wow. What a hopeful way to start a morning. Thanks for the report. nt |
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Beer Snob-50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
17. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY |
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TN al (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 08:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. To answer your question |
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Beer Snob-50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Thanks for the info. |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Phillip Workman did one more good deed today - |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Off topic, but... |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. Thank you so much. I love my DU friends. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
46. I applaud his thinking of others, but it doesn't mean he's innocent |
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Lurking Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-11-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
71. Even he said he should spend the rest of his life in jail. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. This sounds EXACTLY like most death penalty cases |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
55. Technically, as the officer died as a direct result of the armed |
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Left Hook (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-12-07 06:24 AM Response to Reply #55 |
77. Thats red tape for ya. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
58. Tennessee permits the death penalty for felony murder |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Tennessee, like every other |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-11-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #59 |
70. No argument there! |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
18. The prison said they don't donate to charity....... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 09:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. LOL |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
36. Well, then... |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
23. It is nice when there is a story about people getting it. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. What a beautiful act of kindness this is. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
28. Well now he's up in heavan with Karla Faye |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
29. This is what is meant by REDEMPTION |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Read TN al's post. |
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tchunter (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. little more info.... |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. His last meal, is final chance to taste food he refused. That tells me |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
33. His message got heard and I believe in Redemption |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
34. I believe the State of TN executed an innocent man.... |
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RiseInside (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
37. Exactly.... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
38. k+r |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
40. Good Story... |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. Some people give to charity without having been put on death row, you know. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Please read this - if true, this guy didn't "belong" on death row. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. who didn't get any pizza? the cop who was shot or the cop who shot the cop? |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Read the article |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
43. I HATE the death penalty |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. Honestly, I'm sitting here hardy believing my eyes at how y'all |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. I don't read it this way |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. What if it was a really, really good pizza? |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Dayum, u got me there! |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-11-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
72. It wasn't necessarily the free pizza. It was the thought behind it and how that thought inspired |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
53. Gut wrenching and heartwarming at the same time. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. another k&r...n/t |
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DemSoccerMom (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
57. I'm not going to argue the merits |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
63. Philip Workman had endured facing Death Chamber 5 times b/4 |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Forgot to include the link to the local Nashville, TN newspaper article |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-11-07 02:49 AM Response to Reply #63 |
68. The biggest winners in the phony "war on drugs" |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-11-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Sir, you are correct! |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-10-07 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
65. everyone? hmmm, I don't think I got mine. the folks in Sudan must have been thrilled. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-11-07 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
67. If, indeed, ballistics showed that another cop killed the one who died |
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Ayesha (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-11-07 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
69. oh wow... |
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Decruiter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-11-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
74. Story has changed? |
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Left Hook (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-12-07 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
76. Veggie pizzas?!? YUCK!!!! |
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