| 5 years ago :: Dec 24, 2007 - 12:03PM #1 | |
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I am almost done with it, but it has already impacted my view on the death penalty. It is the true story of men convicted falsely of murder and sent to death row. It is impeccably researched and well written. It's the kind of book that makes you wonder about your perspective after each sentence.
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| 5 years ago :: Jan 26, 2008 - 10:02PM #2 | |
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livelife -
I haven't read this Grisham book, but I will, because I love Grisham's stuff and have read most of his other books. Have you read 'Street Lawyer'? That's another good one. And 'The Pelican Brief,' and 'The Firm' are great, as are the movies they made from those books, although the movie makers changed the plot lines for dramatic impact. The idea of an innocent person being excuted is scary enough that in recent years the governor of Illinois called for a stop to executions until they could get everybody's DNA evidence sorted out. |
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| 5 years ago :: May 03, 2008 - 12:46PM #3 | |
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[QUOTE=richardt;474839]That we should suspend the Dp because innocent people may be executed is that same for any event where innocents people may be killed, should we do away with all travel, carnival rides, sporting events, anything where an innocent person could be killed? Tell me the difference between someone being stuck by lightning on a golf course and an innocent person being executed, both are the result of being at the wrong place at the wrong time, a victim of circumstance, unfortunate but do we then stop all golfing.[/QUOTE]
If you do some actual research into MOJ (miscarriage of justice) cases you will notice a disturbing tendancy of the authorities to actualy suspect they are innocent but keep their convictions anyway. Death of innocents by the DP is often avoidable if law enforcment do a decent job and stop negativly profiling people based on baises and bigotry; to equate MOJ and DP cases as being just accidents is deeply, deeply ignorant of MOJ cases. (MOJ = miscarriages of justice, DP = death penalty) You want proof of the willfullness of MOJ cases? see the questionable justice and the DP thread. beccaxx |
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| 5 years ago :: May 03, 2008 - 7:00PM #4 | |
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[QUOTE=richardt;474999]I suppose that does happen and of course it is unfortunate, but as Spock use to say, and it really rings true with me, "The needs of the many out weight the needs of the few"[/QUOTE]
I wonder if you;d be so cavalier and dismisive of other peoples god dam lives if your loved one faced such a fate: Questionable Justice But please do come to the above thread and defend the callousness of your argument. |
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| 5 years ago :: May 04, 2008 - 6:10AM #5 | |
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[QUOTE=richardt;475510]I'll come to this thread as often as I like, because you don't agree with my opinion is not a issue, as I disagree with yours.
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| 5 years ago :: May 07, 2008 - 10:11AM #6 | |
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[QUOTE=richardt;483551]Finally, those who favor of removing from society those who have no concern for human life have won their battle, William Earl Lynd was executed in Georgia after the supreme court put on hold all executions for 7 months on the grounds that lethal injection was inhumane. I guess they decided it was not. Lynd shot his girlfriend three times in the face after an argument, then put her i the trunk. Hr confessed that he could hear the poor woman moving in agony so pulled over and shot her again before burying her in a shallow grave. Later when he was broken down on the side of the road, another women stopped to help him, he shot and killed her also. Thankfully this should open the doors for all those executions that have been on hold for 7 months. I'm still not crazy about the expense and think my Island idea would be much cheaper.[/QUOTE]
Yes i know what Georgia have done, in the face of mountainous opposition by morla leaders; and everyone who botheres to keep uptodate with DP issues knew a while ago that lethal injectiosn had been re-instated in the states in the US where DP is still practiced. So how about you stop ignoring THIS THREAD http://community.beliefnet.com/forum...ad.php?t=17480 and actualy read about those casualties of war you dismiss so readily who only face renewed threat to their life now the temporary moratorium on the DP is lifted and officials have stated a desire to rush through executions which have been delayed .... have the guts to face those who you willfully reference to as casualties of war and colatteral damage, that their deaths are a small price to pay ... *pfft* vengence is not a good enough reason to kill innocent people. |
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| 5 years ago :: May 10, 2008 - 6:47AM #7 | |
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[QUOTE=richardt;485156]revenge is not a good reason to kill anyone, but removing from society those who kill is a sure way to see they will never kill again. Life in prison always carries the possibility of escape, or a reduction in sentence.
We shouldn't go to war because innocents might be killed? Just yesterday there was talk about a pandemic and there not being enough vaccine for all. The mentally ill, the elderly, those sick with terminal illness, all would be sacrificed to stretch the vaccine. "The need of the many outweigh the needs of the few" Those who murder are to be considered as a virus to society, the enemy of all decent people, so if there are sacrifices, or casualties of war, and an innocent person is executed although regrettable, it is essential that the war continue. Why did thousands of innocent people have to die a horrible death when we bombed Hiroshima. So that hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved had the war continued
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| 4 years ago :: May 29, 2009 - 4:43AM #8 | |
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Where innocent people are put to death, it really hurts especially to the blood relatives. But as the karma theory says, justice is done if not in the present life, then may be the next.
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