Posted on 04/16/2008 7:28:06 PM PDT by Strategerist
On the argument of “government has the monopoly on the legal use of deadly force”,
I yield.
The OJ case is one of the most botched up prosecution and Law enfocement jobs I’ve ever seen. If they did their homework, he would have been convicted.
If the courts are so interested in justice, it would seem they would be more than willing to go back and reexamine questionable cases where potential DNA evidence was secured. Innocent people being sent to prison seems to be occurring much too often. I just can't imagine an innocent person being sent into one of these violently insane environments. It's the stuff scary horror movies are made of.
Your comment is BS, complete with spelling errors.
The only reason OJ walked was because of racist black jurors.
End of story, case closed.
Wrong! I believe we should execute rapists and I don't mean after twenty years of appeals brought for the purpose nitpicking the Jury's decision.
Had this guy been executed within a reasonable time after trial, his death would have served as a deterrent to other would-be rapists and many rapes might have been prevented. This guy would have died for his country just like soldiers often do and they're not guilty either. Challenging the Jury's Decision in this case has done nothing but muddy the deterrent message.
I agree with you, though, that executing someone who is technically not guilty of that particular crime can seem harsh in the individual case. But, you need to look at the larger picture because that's what counts.
You're joking right?
He wasn’t being sarcastic. Look at his last post (145). He was being serious. Just unbelievable. For him not to grasp the concept that locking an innocent man up in prison for life, for a crime he didn’t commit, is not a deterrent to rapists. If anything, it’s encouragement for all rapists to continue assaulting people because they can get away with it.
If you're concerned about the "big picture," why don't you falsely confess to some unsolved murder and then waive your appeals?
When I was a boy, the police and, especially, the FBI, were my heroes. But over the many years of my life, I have seen enough to change my mind about them. Sad, really.
I went back to read his posts, and I agree with you. I can probably assume his attitude would be different if he was wrongly convicted.
I'm amazed that so many have so little sense.
Picking up conditioner, when you wanted shampoo, is a MISTAKE.
Making a false accusation (bearing false witness) is not a mistake.
If a victim is so traumatized that a miscarriage of justice like this can occur, I'd say that calls their fitness to ID the perp into question.
Victim, my @ss...was she competent to testify, or not?
It is appeals like this one that cause the damage.
Man, I hope there was a (/sarc) in there somewhere...
BUMP
Reading my mind.
Unlike mistaken convictions (which serve as a deterrent to others so long as no one meddles with them), false confessions are destructive to the system. You keep forgetting that I am the one who is SUPPORTING the system, not trying to damage it by questioning the system's results.
We're all guilty. There is only one path to Salvation.
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