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US inmates' 40 years in solitary must end: Amnesty
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| June 6, 2011
Posted on 06/06/2011 7:52:42 PM PDT by PROCON
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Wow, don't piss off Louisiana!
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posted on
06/06/2011 7:52:44 PM PDT
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
Two US prisoners who have been held in solitary confinement for nearly 40 years should have their isolation ended immediately, I agree. In fact, they should have had a rendezvous with Ol' Sparky about 39 years ago.
To: PROCON
Shameful!
Not surprised it is Louisiana
There is no rationale for 40 years of solitary. If the LA guards were so pissed at these guys, they should have rather shot them! I am being somewhat sarcastic but truly, there is no rhyme of reason for 40 years in solitary for a single incident.
There is a reason our founders put in the “no cruel or inhumane punishment” clause.
We are not savages like Old Europe or ROP or others. We are civilized.
I believe in justice and the rule of law. Putting someone in solitary for 40 years qualifies as neither.
Things like this (and the TSA and ever more powers to the Police) show how close the United States is coming to becoming a police state
To: PROCON
40 years in solitary confinement? damn. That’s what you call “sending a message to the other inmates”.
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posted on
06/06/2011 7:57:51 PM PDT
by
RC one
(DO NOT RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT!)
To: PROCON
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:00:33 PM PDT
by
narses
("Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions." Chesterton)
To: PROCON
The day that Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), International ANSWER, Code Pink and 99.9% of the other NGOs are made illegal will be a sign that we are restoring the Republic.
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:00:55 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(How do you starve an Obama supporter? Hide his food stamps under his work boots.)
To: PROCON
Their four-decade ordeal "is cruel and inhumane... I agree. They should be executed immediately, in the interest of protecting their civil rights.
To: SoftwareEngineer
there is no rhyme of reason for 40 years in solitary for a single incident. That "single incident" was cold-blooded murder!
Capital punishment should have been applied decades ago.
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:03:13 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Liberals Mistake Education and Knowledge for Wisdom and Common Sense.)
To: PROCON
They should get a new roommate—the guy who kidnapped Jaycee Dugard.
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:03:17 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(When Democrats lose voters, they manufacture new voters instead of convincing the existing voters.)
To: PROCON
Kill them or release them from solitary. No human judge should be allowed this level of cruelty over another man.
Any one who thinks they deserve it would gladly kill them IMO.
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:03:41 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: hinckley buzzard
These are homocidal maniacs who kill or maim any individual with which they come in contact. How else can they be dealt with?
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:05:07 PM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(For love of Sarah, our country and the American Way of Life.)
To: hinckley buzzard
I agree. They should be executed immediately, in the interest of protecting their civil rights.You do have a way with words!..:=)
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:05:18 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Liberals Mistake Education and Knowledge for Wisdom and Common Sense.)
To: Louis Foxwell
These are homocidal maniacs who kill or maim any individual with which they come in contact. How else can they be dealt with?Are you serious? They can be dealt with very simply, by executing them for their crime. But cruel and unusual punishment is explicitly forbidden by our Constitution.
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:07:43 PM PDT
by
ottbmare
(off-the-track Thoroughbred mare)
To: SoftwareEngineer
40 years is nothing. Back in the good old days Cristian hermits spent many decades by themselves.
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:08:06 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Louis Foxwell; hinckley buzzard
These are homocidal maniacs who kill or maim any individual with which they come in contact. How else can they be dealt with? Hinckley, I'll leave this answer for you!
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:09:12 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Liberals Mistake Education and Knowledge for Wisdom and Common Sense.)
To: SoftwareEngineer
We don’t know the whole story. It may be that these two have done or said things that makes solitary confinement the right thing. Think Hannibal Lecter.
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:10:09 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
To: narses
Thanks for posting the wikipedia article. According to it, none of these guys is still in solitary.
Now—do we trust wikipedia?
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:10:39 PM PDT
by
basil
(It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
To: PROCON
Amnesty said the men were confined to their cells, measuring two metres (6.5 feet) by three metres, for 23 hours a day, and have never been allowed to work or have access to education. Well the guard they killed was put in a casket of lesser measurement... and never been allowed to work or have access to education...or his life... since they killed him. They have no room for complaint. Amnesty should be ashammed of themselves. To think these fellows are suing for in human treatment!
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:11:02 PM PDT
by
caww
To: Louis Foxwell
The answer seems obvious.
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:11:46 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: SoftwareEngineer
Yeah...but look at it this way....if we we had put democrats in solitary for 40 years think of how much better things would be now.....
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