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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:22 PM Original message |
Yes, I'm against the death penalty even for this freak but |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. A woman from the DA's office fainted while the pics of injuries were shown... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's my understanding that the young man was also brutally raped, tortured |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Yes -- at the nearby railroad tracks |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Yes, I know. His murder was so brutal and horrific as well. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. Raped with a broken wooden chair leg. Sick &$#*^ |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #46 |
103. Oh, and then they took turns pissing on her while she was dying |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #103 |
107. That hasn't been brought up at either trial. |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. I googled this case and that was in some of the articles |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. They didn't cut off his penis. There was false reports that they also cut off her breasts. |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #111 |
115. Ah. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. They did plenty that was just as bad. I was hoping they would all get the death penalty. |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. Cobbins asked for protective custody in prison |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #117 |
124. Poor little guy is scared. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #117 |
127. It would be hard for me not to seek retribution if that was my family |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #117 |
142. A newsroom co-worker said rapists aren't exactly welcomed in prison. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
122. No other animal but the human behaves like this. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. After reading this post I might volunteer to flip the switch. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. It will be several years before he is |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. This was a HORRIFIC story of unimaginable torture |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm against it too, but... |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. totally against the death penalty |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. Waiting for the first post about how the victims were out "looking for drugs" |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. The defense suggested that. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. Photo of the victims |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. They earned a place in Heaven, since their last hours on Earth were Hell |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't want the government killing these kinds of people |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Hear, hear |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. I'm good with that.......... |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I'm not one to think every life is precious. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I don't think you're an animal for feeling that way... |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
55. I wish I could rec your post. |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
109. I'll help |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm against the DP in principal |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Yes, we use lethal injection here. |
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shintao (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. I have a solution |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. ugh. thanks for illustrating why the DP should be abolished. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Yes--to torture because others torture is wrong. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. That makes you their moral equivalent . |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:09 AM Original message |
huh? Someone says something with which you disagree |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
108. Poor Cali. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #108 |
128. Yes. I read it, poor little bvar. That poster's expressions |
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shintao (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
130. The concept of Justice |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. This was the case that the stormfront brigade is going apeshit over. |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. That's one difference between SF and DU |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. How was this not national news? |
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R. P. McMurphy (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. There was little or no national coverage. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I'm surprised by lack of coverage. I'm in Canada and never heard of the |
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R. P. McMurphy (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Snopes addressed the lack of coverage. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I think the details may have been too gruesome. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. In many ways I would rather have not heard of this despicable crime. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
62. The snopes link: |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #62 |
138. If the races had been reversed it would have had national coverage. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #138 |
141. And there would have been widespread outrage on DU for not calling it a hate crime |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #50 |
144. I don't remember Nancy Grace covering it. |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
143. Coverage here in Knoxville, of course, has been extensive. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. "Euthanized" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #19 |
60. I believe it was a hate crime |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. How exactly do you think this constitutes a hate crime? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Because I believe the victims were targeted because of their race |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. If black people were raping and murdering white people all over the place |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Are Jews cowering in fear everywhere because Buford Furrow shot up a daycare? |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #68 |
72. No, but it's just one more example that Jews use to fear violence against them |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. The children were targeted BECAUSE THEY WERE JEWS |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #76 |
82. Wait, I'm confused, I thought it was because they were white? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #82 |
119. How on Earth could this not be hate crime? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #66 |
85. Show me where in the law there is such a qualification for a hate crime. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #85 |
88. Show me in the law where this would constitute a hate crime? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #88 |
92. What hinges on this being a hate crime? Is there an extra-special death penalty I don't know about? |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #92 |
99. Wow. Um, okay. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #85 |
136. So you think something has to be prosecuted as a hate crime to be a hate crime? Strange. |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #63 |
74. Carjacking was Davidson's profession. He was desperate for money that night. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Nice rationalization |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #77 |
81. Well, you tell me then. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #81 |
86. It's moot. Dude got the DP. nt |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Wasn't asking you, thanks. n/t |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Oh, forgot this was your private board nt |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. No it isn't. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #81 |
118. How could it possibly NOT be a hate crime? |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Excellent answer. It's clear you don't understand what constitutes "hate crime." n/t |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #74 |
79. You have no idea whether race was involved. Stop pretending. nt |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #79 |
84. There's no evidence that they were driving around looking for white people to kill. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #84 |
89. Well, there you have it: if that's all they wanted, why'd they kill, and |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #89 |
93. I gave those answers in my post #99. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Wait. You're willing to entertain that he did it specifically to a WHITE WOMAN, but |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #94 |
97. No,"women" as a persecuted group are not covered under hate crime legislation.. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. Whew! Good to know that pouring bleach down her throat wasn't hate-motivated! |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Lol, you just can't win for trying. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #100 |
101. It really just means that for you, hate crimes are more heinous than capital murder |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. That's not what I"m saying at all. It appears you're just looking for reasons to argue. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #84 |
113. Actually one of the witnesses testified that Boyd hated white people. |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #113 |
121. It's possible of course Dave. I lean more toward generalized hatred of women. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. I don't think it could be prosecuted as a hate crime. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #123 |
132. I think FMD pegged it |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. It would be impossible to do what was done to these kids without a degree of hate. |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #123 |
137. I guess it didn't really occur to me to view the crime that way. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #137 |
139. I hope they manage to convict Boyd of more than the carjacking. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
147. What leads you to conclude the victims were targeted due to race? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Although I don't believe there was any evidence |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. You're right, cali, most DUers are complete and utter morons. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. care to address my point? no, I though not, honey. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. What point, that DUers are morons and we should all be eternally grateful |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Of course I said nothing of the sort, dear, but do continue making shit |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. What making shit up like "most DUers would" like you're some kind of fortune-teller? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
114. Actually some testimony in the last trial pointed to it. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #61 |
96. Do you have anything to back up your claim that that is an element of hate crimes? nt. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. The prosecution disagreed. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Because they are chickenshit assholes |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. maybe. and maybe it was simply a hideous opportunistic crime |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Maybe they tortured, mutilated, raped, and murdered those people out of intellectual curiousity |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #60 |
125. I agree with you, slackmaster. If these horrendously evil crimes had been committed upon |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #125 |
140. I suspect you are right about that. The murder of James Byrd Jr. received national attention. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'd be OK with life in solitary without parole for Davidson |
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cecilfirefox (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. I firmly believe in the death sentence, I just have reservations with it. Goodbye and good riddance. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm against the death penalty but sympathy has absolutely nothing to do with it |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. There are cases to be made against the death penalty... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Isn't it heinous to kill someone who is defenseless? Premeditated? |
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thesquanderer (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. I agree |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm only for the death penalty in cases of |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. This is why I'm pro-DP. |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
56. It's great to see some liberals support the death penalty. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
31. Not death where incarceration and questioning are possible. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. Our tax dollars pay for assassination via drones every day |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. Not wrong in this case. |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. I live in Knoxville. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I am sorry you had to see all of this first hand. |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I'm glad I didn't have to sit in the courtroom. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Still, this has to be dominating local news. |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Oh, absolutely. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims families. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 05:06 AM Response to Reply #40 |
57. Those members of the public are the ones most likely to be imitators n/t |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. God...knowing that people are capable of shit like this upsets me so much. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. Glad to see a just sentence in this case. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
58. And there is today's "I don't know what the fuck is wrong with people" thread. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
59. I am against the DP as well |
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texasleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
83. I would be happy to shoot Davidson in the face repeatedly. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #83 |
95. I would be happy to hold your drink while you did it. nt |
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KingBob (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
104. But, ... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
105. Cases like this make me wish I am wrong about the existence of god |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
106. I'm also a bit surpised that this was never posited as a hate crime |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
112. Perfectly Fine To Execute This Piece Of Shit. It's Just A Shame The Methods Are So Humane. |
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francolettieri (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
126. instead of the death penalty |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. Usually, sociopaths are not that altruistic |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
131. Kick |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
133. Kick |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
134. The problem is that he's a precedent. |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #134 |
145. I actually do know the details. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. You are correct. |
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