Man gets death in N.D. student's killing - Dru Sjodin

AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/22/06 | Dave Kolpack - ap

[darkangel82]

He's going to the federal pen, where they will give him the needle.

[VOA]

"Rodriguez's attorney, Richard Ney, asked the jury for mercy after calling
psychologists and Rodriguez's family to talk about his childhood of poverty,
abuse and exposure to farm chemicals."

That might have flown if it had been tried in Minneapolis.
Especially the part about the evil farm chemicals.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

Lower the blade 1/10" every 10 min.

[1rudeboy]

Come to think of it, what kind of name is Dru Sjodin? Doesn't sound American to me. Maybe she deserved it . . . . /sarc

[COEXERJ145]

Well, based on the logic of some, if she had been an illegal she would have. Some have been hoping the woman dragged to death in Denver was an illegal.

[lesser_satan]

ping

[EDINVA]

good!

[Terabitten]

Once, just once, I'd like to see the media - or FreeRepublic, for that matter - get this worked up over the brutal, senseless killing of an ugly woman.

[ko_kyi]

Sure gotta wonder how his lawyer figured that "poverty and exposure to farm chemicals" would excuse murder in a place chock full of poor farmers.

[clifcrds]

psychologists and Rodriguez's family to talk about his childhood of poverty, abuse and exposure to farm chemicals

I don't remember who said it but it was spot on when he stated Poverty does not cause crime. Tolerance of crime causes crime.

[Howlin]

You know, I don't know what free republic site you're surfing, but except for dolts like Dane and MNJohnnie

To: shhrubbery!

You know the rules. When speaking of another poster, make sure you ping that poster.

1,078 posted on 03/19/2005 7:05:24 PM EST by Lead Moderator

[1rudeboy]

Do you find it as amusing as I that, by suggesting race and ethnicity have little or nothing to do with this story, it makes me a member of the "pc police?" Conversely, it is (presumably) "conservative" to inject race and ethnicity into a discussion of nearly everything?

Granted, I'm stretching my point, but we wouldn't be having this discussion if the murderer had something other than a Hispanic (or "non-WASPish) name.

[skeeter]

Too bad some here have used the occasion of this incident to bitch at their fellow freepers. Really bad taste.

RIP Ms. Sjodin & burn in hell, Rodriguez, you piece of human excrement.

[jocon307]

"Good, do it today."

Well said. Monday at the latest.

[MNJohnnie]

How utterly typical of the One Note Tancredo fans. Unable to factually debate the issue on the actual thread, they race around the board whining endlessly. Perhaps we need to have a minimum age for Freepers. Pretty obvious we have allowed far too many junior high school level age children on here.

It is this conduct that is reducing the Immigration threads to a pale shabby embarrassing joke where the Antis assume volume and emotional hysteria can be substitute for anything even remotely reassembling rational thought. A very fine example of just how childish and pathetic the Tancredos supporters are. Yet another reason why TT will never get any where near the Nomination. His supporters are every bit as hysteric and repulsive as Soro's Moveon.org clowns.

[TypeZoNegative]

Big fuckin deal if he was abused. If he was abused and he did something other than being a sex offender, I'm sure we'd be more sympathetic to this sicko.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

Some have been hoping the woman dragged to death in Denver was an illegal.

!!!!!!!

[COEXERJ145]

Unless the perp has a Hispanic or Arabic name, threads on FR about crime tend to disappear very quickly.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

Unless the perp has a Hispanic or Arabic name, threads on FR about crime tend to disappear very quickly.

If the guy is Hispanic-named-but-legal, you get folks muttering "anchor baby."

[null and void]

Once, just once, I'd like to see the media - or FreeRepublic, for that matter - get this worked up over the brutal, senseless killing of an ugly woman.

Helen Thomas?