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To: Brilliant
But the notion that we should simply take some classes of criminals who are clearly guilty and exempt them from the death penalty does not appeal to me.

On a moral level I have no problem with the Death Penalty. The problem is that our justice system is too coarse/crude/inept to be trusted with such an absolute penalty.

Even now prosecutors around the country are fighting efforts to use post-conviction DNA testing to exonerate innocents.

18 posted on 03/22/2005 12:45:57 PM PST by 13foxtrot
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To: 13foxtrot
On a moral level I have no problem with the Death Penalty. The problem is that our justice system is too coarse/crude/inept to be trusted with such an absolute penalty.

Bingo, thats me too. I am against the practical application of the death penalty. My views have changed on it and have been changing over some time. Its not my cause celebre', so I wont be championing its abolition. But I think in this imperfect world, its not a good idea to mete out such permanent punishment.

That said, I think that bad guys should die. I'd gladly kill them too, if the situation were right.

20 posted on 03/22/2005 12:52:14 PM PST by Paradox (Occam was probably right.)
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To: 13foxtrot
Here, in Texas, we have a statute that permits defendants to file post-conviction motions for DNA testing and to have an attorney appointed to assist them.

When the statute first passed, there was a flood of DNA testing requests. However, as nearly all the DNA testing has re-affirmed the convictions, the reuqest rate has substantially slowed.

21 posted on 03/22/2005 12:54:41 PM PST by writmeister
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