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DNA Tests Confirm Executed Va. Man Guilty
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| 1-12-06
| KRISTEN GELINEAU
Posted on 01/12/2006 12:41:12 PM PST by The Lumster
RICHMOND, Va. - New DNA tests confirmed the guilt of a man who went to his death in Virginia's electric chair in 1992 proclaiming his innocence, the governor said Thursday.
The case had been closely watched by both sides in the death penalty debate because no executed convict in the United States has ever been exonerated by scientific testing.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: coleman; death; deathpenalty; dna; execution; forensics; markwarner; oops; penalty; rogercoleman; virginia
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To: The Lumster
Another one bites the dust......
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:42:25 PM PST
by
nevergore
(“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
To: The Lumster
Darn - the Dims can't politicize it now...
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:42:29 PM PST
by
trebb
("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
To: The Lumster
Oooooo! Another body blow for the bleeding-heart crowd! Gonna have to look elsewhere for a martyr.
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:43:03 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: The Lumster
The Liberals were hoping, praying, that an Innocent man was put to death.
Can you imagine waking up everyday and hoping for the worst for your Society?
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:44:04 PM PST
by
Sometimes A River
(Your hands and feet are mangoes, but you're gonna be a genius anyway)
To: The Lumster
LOL! The candlelight vigilantes had such high hopes for this.
To: nevergore
I think it was worth doing. Even this long after the fact, it's good to know the penalty was correctly applied. I'm pro-death-penalty, and I do want it to be done accurately.
To: The Lumster
Hey Dims...You lose again!!!
To: The Lumster
"...because no executed convict in the United States has ever been exonerated by scientific testing."
But, but...the MSM & Hollyweird tell us often that those on Death Row are more than likely innocent of their crimes!
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:45:55 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Acts 2:38
Can you imagine waking up everyday and hoping for the worst for your Society?
Nope, I could never see my self as a RAT. :)
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:46:34 PM PST
by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: IronJack
"Paging Cindy Sheehan, pick up the martyr hotline"
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:46:51 PM PST
by
timsbella
(Mark Steyn for Prime Minister of Canada!)
To: The Lumster
He was such a convincing liar. He should have gone into politics.
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:48:20 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
To: The Lumster
... tests confirmed the guilt ... They should have gotten OJs Dream Team.
Then they could look for the "real killer"
To: The Lumster
Strange. Only silence over at psychoticunderground.com...
To: The Lumster
For once, tonight, I'm going to watch the MSM.
Maybe NBC, maybe CBS.
I will count the minutes until this is reported.
But, I won't be holding my breath.
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:50:15 PM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: The Lumster; eyespysomething
How much longer will we allow this barbaric act of executing people who are guilty of the crime they were accused of?
Oh. He was guilty?
OK.
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:50:41 PM PST
by
SittinYonder
(That's how I saw it, and see it still.)
To: Acts 2:38
Can you imagine waking up everyday and hoping for the worst for your Society? Nope. That's why I am here with you guys, now.
Way back when, I figured the Donks were the engine for positive social change. But that was waaaaay back, and I was pretty stupid, then.
What concerned me about this case was the sample had been held by a private lab for all those years and the chances for mischief were huge. Glad to see my fears were misplaced.
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:51:33 PM PST
by
gridlock
(It's not really a Circus until Teddy Kennedy steps out of the Clown Car...)
To: The Lumster
Wolf Blitzer was on CNN yesterday saying stuff like "oh no, what if we executed an innocent man" and "if he is innocent, will it be time for the U.S. to reexamine the death penalty?" I imagine he and the liberals at CNN are deeply saddened by this news.
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:52:23 PM PST
by
NapkinUser
("Our troops have become the enemy." -Representative John P. Murtha, modern day Benedict Arnold.)
To: Corin Stormhands
Well, well. Looks like Tim Kaine won't have this particular drum to beat.
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:53:14 PM PST
by
Darnright
(Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.)
To: The Lumster
But he proclaimed his innocence.
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posted on
01/12/2006 12:53:33 PM PST
by
yarddog
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