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Texas killed an innocent man - What should it do about it?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by SamFisher, Sep 10, 2009.

  1. rimrocker

    rimrocker Member

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    Excerpts from DMN story... can you say coverup?

    http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon.../stories/100109dntexperryarson.1cf2d2edb.html
     
  2. insane man

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    WSJ's law blog has a posting on this too.
     
  3. Smokey

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    I know someone who says 1 innocent life is worth it if 100 guilty sick SOBs die too. Of course, it's easy to say when he isn't the innocent life. But he rationalizes it by saying innocent guys on death row aren't saints.
     
  4. MrRoboto

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    If we go around killing everyone who is not a saint there are going to be precious few people left alive.
     
  5. BigBenito

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    I have the same stance as your 'someone'. But I don't mind sacrificing myself to have guilty die.

    I'm as pro-death as they come. Three strikes and you're facing a firing squad. Prisons aren't about redemption; they are punishment and a deterrent.
     
  6. jopatmc

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    Willingham's last words:

    "Yeah. The only statement I want to make is that I am an innocent man - convicted of a crime I did not commit. I have been persecuted for 12 years for something I did not do. From God's dust I came and to dust I will return - so the earth shall become my throne. I gotta go, road dog. I love you Gabby." [Remaining portion of statement omitted due to profanity.]
     
  7. Smokey

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    He isn't saying people on the outside are saints, but that people on death row have done some ****ed up **** to put themselves in that predicament.

    He says good, honest average Joes (everyday people) don't end up on death row.
     
  8. rimrocker

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    Yep, and half of them saints are dead already.
     
  9. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    This story gets worse and worse and the Governor keeps making our state look worse and worse.

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  10. rimrocker

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    The worm is turning... I'll just point out to those in Texas and those (like me) who still love the place... this was done in your name.

     
  11. Nice Rollin

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    rick perry is a piece of ****
     
  12. rimrocker

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    More... he either did this to get rid of the fourth person or to make the previous actions look "normal."

     
  13. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    Perry says Willingham was monster

     
  14. CrazyDave

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    Apparently he wants Kay to win.
     
  15. SamFisher

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    That would be one more piece of valid admissible scientific evidence than was presented at the trial.
     
  16. JuanValdez

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    He's mentioned to address every angle of it, except that he had dismissed Commission members to avoid a hearing on the arson forensics. If Perry is so certain about all of this, he should have left the Commission alone to work.
     
  17. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    and this will be Hucthison's hollow tips when the ads start airing.
     
  18. thadeus

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    Rick Perry is a piece of human ****. If he died in a car wreck tomorrow, the world would genuinely be better off.
     
  19. br0ken_shad0w

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    Here's KBH's response

    Of course the argument here is the fact that liberals will use this to abolish the death penalty :rolleyes:
     
  20. aghast

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    I just became a Kay Bailey Hutchison supporter, and I truly dislike Kay Bailey Hutchison.

    Wikipedia: "Begging the question":
    That he used to beat his wife is irrelevant; it does not mean that he murdered his children. In the article Fisher linked to, his wife stated that he never touched the children.
     

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