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"Before we act so gleeful to the fact that Saddam Hussein has met his just fate, I would recommend that we ponder the fact that here in the United States, we cannot or will not carry out the same justice on serial killers, baby/child rapers and traitors to our own country."

We can and we have. Timothy McVeigh received very swift justice.

4,875 posted on 12/30/2006 7:24:17 AM PST by null and void (Propaganda doesn't have to make sense. Hell, it often works better if it doesn't.)

"We can and we have. Timothy McVeigh received very swift justice."

You cited a post I responded to, instead of my response. You'll note the quotation marks around the text you cited.

Also, I disagree with you on the subject of McVeigh getting swift justice. It wasn't as bad as the dude who's been waiting for 27 years for his appointment in the execution chamber, but it's not exactly swift, either. We used to do executions considerably faster than we do now. MAYBE it's better that everyone get multiple chances at appeal, since we also seem to convict the innocent more frequently than I'm comfortable with, but I think we need to improve the system considerably.

4,914 posted on 12/30/2006 10:16:06 AM PST by Old Student (We have a name for the people who think indiscriminate killing is fine. They're called "The Bad Guys)