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Originally Posted by Wizzo
I think it was a bad choice for the death penalty and the 7 that changed their testimony should be charged with perjury.
Unlike the guy in Texas that was also executed last night and should have been for dragging a random black man to death solely to attempt to start a race war and clearly admitted it and says he would to kill more.
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It seems like there is enough evidence of police misconduct to have supported a reprieve of the death penalty, but maybe not such a lack of evidence of his involvement to allow him to walk free. I don't understand why no one was willing to take the death penalty off the table.
I did some digging and it appears some are saying the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 might have tied some hands. I don't think that really aplies here though, because witnesses changing their story I would assume is new evidence. These are new statements that were not available at the time of trial. Looking over that legislation I really don't see a reason for it though. Seems like another knee-jerk reaction by the government to appease the public after a bloody national disaster that hurts our liberties more than preserves them.
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Originally Posted by Rochard
First off, I don't believe in the death penalty. Killing someone is letting them off easy. I want them to live in fear of being ass raped in prison every moment for the rest of the life.
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That is true for people like you and me, but there are cold blooded mother fuckers out there that for whatever reason (maybe a life already spent in and out of the system or maybe have been living a worse life on the streets) don't seem to fear or mind life in prison.
Personally I feel that it's better to let 100 killers live out their lives behind bars than let 1 innocent man die, on the whole I would repeal it, but as long as our system allows for the death penalty in some clear cut cases like the one Wizzo mentions above I do support it.