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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:25 PM Original message |
Imagine being innocent of child rape, but you were still executed.... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. There have been cases of unfounded allegations of child rape during |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Many many cases.... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. You added the extra "many's", so now I'm wondering if you have the evidence. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. OK---one case.... is that fair.... and if so... |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
54. what? It is so hard in our society for children who are abused |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. That is why the death penalty is wrong. It cannot be undone if you are exonerated. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And there aint no doubt that innocent people have been executed. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. People seem to focus on the crime and not the irreversability |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Exactly. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. That's the only reason |
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NatBurner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. basically |
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southern_belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm for it ONLY when DNA is available! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Then you just have to hope that the lab samples didn't get |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. You also have to hope the cops are honest. Because NO evidence is easier to fake than DNA. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. delete |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Tough to reverse that sentence once it is carried out. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
58. Maybe that should be a corner stone of the judicial systems penal code: |
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GihrenZabi (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. Understand how it works |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Never mind the many, many cases of people being exonerated |
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GihrenZabi (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Hyperbole |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. No, that is disingenuous at best. I AM arguing against the penalty. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. So you only have an evidence concern?? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. That is the exact OPPOSITE of what I am saying. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Can't restore lost years in a prison cell either |
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GihrenZabi (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Absolutely |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. You aren't talking justice - you're talking vengeance. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. It isn't necessarily about vengeance or justice, it is about simplicity. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. That kind of thinking died with the Third Reich. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Not at all... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. WTF? |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. You have attempted to justify your stance everytime... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Like I said, |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Yes, it is a qualification and justification. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Ref. post #47. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. So just stop trying to justify it with lame, debunkable arguments. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I was about to post another rational post about the source of |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Sorry logic upsets you so much. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. First of all, Godwin. Second, are you aware of what kind of punishments we gave to those... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. First of all, Huh? |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Google is your friend... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Fuck Godwin's Law. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Like your other responses, it was not rational either. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Learn a little history. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. A completely nonsensical comparison. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. On the contrary, you are constantly trying to justify the execution of |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. The same lame debunked justification, I see. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. 1931, eh? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. What the FUCK are you going on about? |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Bingo. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. So make the point without resorting to nonsensical points. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. So---is that perfection? |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. oh really? |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
41. You are wrong. |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. and allow new evidence at appeal |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
56. So what constitutes a direct appeal as well as state and federal habeas? |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. It should depend upon the evidence. |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. And if there is a video of the said act with the perp on it? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You think life behind bars is a 'pass'? nt |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. For some... yes. |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
70. How many cases |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
29. False allegations of sex abuse of children is already an epidemic in custody fights. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
63. Thank you. Excellent post. nt |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
31. I am for the death penalty for repeat offenders. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. And that has what to do with the fucking OP? |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. As one who has worked in the justice system, I know it is not perfect. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. So you ask for impossible standards... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #34 |
55. No death penalty was needed, if he were to be kept in prison |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
32. The witnesses, the police, the prosecutor, the grand jury, the judge & the jury were all wrong |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
36. Imagine being innocent of murder, but you were still executed |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
37. Imagine what rightwingers will want to make a captal offense next time...and the time after that... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
48. Imagine being guilty of child rape |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Why stop at rape? What about people who beat a child so severely that he needs to go to the hospital |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
62. Agreed. |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
66. General Discussion: Presidential |
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Duder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
67. I see a bright light... n/t |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
71. Imagine... Obama is elected president instead of McCain |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
74. You wouldn't be able to notice. You'd be dead! |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
76. Imagine being innocent of child rape, but you still spent your entire life in prison, and died |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
78. How many children would testify if they knew it could lead to the death of their parent? |
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