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Missouri Executes Leon Taylor for 1994 Killing
ABC News ^ | Nov 19, 2014, 2:03 AM ET | BRETT BARROUQUERE Associated Press

Posted on 11/19/2014 5:55:07 AM PST by WhiskeyX

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To: cotton

Catholic friends tell me both sperm and egg are sacred ... they’ve been taught (the boys anyway) that self gratification is a sin, that that could have been a life ... (different Catholic denominations?) which does beg the question regarding women ... I do not intend to get into any discussion over this - it’s just what I’ve been told by some ....


21 posted on 11/19/2014 9:47:45 AM PST by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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Court appeals claimed the death penalty for Taylor was unfair for several reasons.

Taylor’s original jury deadlocked and a judge sentenced him to death. When that was thrown out, an all-white jury gave Taylor, who was black, the death sentence.

Read more: http://www.kmov.com/news/crime/Missouri-executes-Leon-Taylor-for-1994-killing-283167831.html#ixzz3JXqBC0ao


22 posted on 11/19/2014 11:33:51 AM PST by Rusty0604
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