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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    chadwick wrote:
    slaughtering animals :evil:
    in my book that is worth the shooter eating his or her own bullet
    behind the ear is nice
    whatever it takes

    recently the topic is bear hunting
    bear hunters should all get cancer before being electrocuted

    the 2nd amendment says you have the right to bear arms or arm bears whatever the hell you want to do!
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  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    chadwick wrote:
    slaughtering animals :evil:
    in my book that is worth the shooter eating his or her own bullet
    behind the ear is nice
    whatever it takes

    recently the topic is bear hunting
    bear hunters should all get cancer before being electrocuted

    the 2nd amendment says you have the right to bear arms or arm bears whatever the hell you want to do!
    - robin williams
    funny bastard
    love you catefrances
    thank you for being a good friend even though we tend to disagree
    catefrances has a wonderful heart & mind

    robin is a fucking riot...
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    chadwick wrote:
    Byrnzie, does China have a death penalty?

    It does. Why?
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    chadwick wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    slaughtering animals :evil:
    in my book that is worth the shooter eating his or her own bullet
    behind the ear is nice
    whatever it takes

    recently the topic is bear hunting
    bear hunters should all get cancer before being electrocuted

    the 2nd amendment says you have the right to bear arms or arm bears whatever the hell you want to do!
    - robin williams
    funny bastard
    love you catefrances
    thank you for being a good friend even though we tend to disagree
    catefrances has a wonderful heart & mind

    robin is a fucking riot...

    robin williams makes me squirt drink out of my nose. hes an absolute fucking riot.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Byrnzie wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    Byrnzie, does China have a death penalty?

    It does. Why?
    um
    i was curious is all
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • chadwick wrote:
    love you catefrances
    thank you for being a good friend even though we tend to disagree
    catefrances has a wonderful heart & mind

    I'll second that.
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  • OnTheEdge wrote:
    GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK! POOR FUCKING MURDERERS GOT PUT INTO A NICE COMFY SLEEP AND THEN THEY STOPPED THEIR HEARTBEAT. THEY SHOULD'VE GOTTEN A FUCKING BULLET BEHIND THE LEFT EAR A LONG TIME AGO. PICTURE THESE MEN RAPING YOUR DAUGHTER FOR AN HOUR, SMASHING YOUR DAUGHTERS TEETH OUT AND CRUSHING YOUR DAUGHTERS THROAT BY STEPPING ON IT WITH A BOOT. AND THEN THEY GO AND BRAG ABOUT IT TO PEOPLE THEY KNOW. THESE FUCKING GUYS GOT OFF TOO EASY AND YOU PEOPLE WITH YOUR POLITICAL CORRECTNESS MAKE ME FUCKING SICK. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU PEOPLE STAND UP IN FRONT OF THIS YOUNG GIRLS PARENTS AND TELL THEM THE BULLSHIT YOU SPEW ON THIS WEBSIGHT. THEN AGAIN, FOR SOME REASON, I'M GUESSING MOST OF YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

    the interwebs can see us now??? :lol:
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  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    polaris_x wrote:
    i don't support the death penalty on the grounds that it is inhumane ... that killing someone for a crime does not bring back the people he/she affected but serves only to satisfy a lust for justice that seems only palatable by one's death ...

    http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/facts ... yFacts.pdf


    Not even for him

    http://www.nationalpost.com/news/answer ... story.html

    Now normally I would agree and I'm sure he'll have a meek existence in Kingston Pen. But does anyone think that he'll give what he did much thought, I don't. What's the proper punishment for him. I would like to see the criminal code amended to remove the parole option after 25 years and allow judges to hand out life terms with no parole.
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

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  • I don't give a shit if he feels guilty about it or if he jumps around for joy in the cell for 30 years about what he did. that's irrelevant. he is serving life. he will never get out. justice is served.
    lukin2006 wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    i don't support the death penalty on the grounds that it is inhumane ... that killing someone for a crime does not bring back the people he/she affected but serves only to satisfy a lust for justice that seems only palatable by one's death ...

    http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/facts ... yFacts.pdf


    Not even for him

    http://www.nationalpost.com/news/answer ... story.html

    Now normally I would agree and I'm sure he'll have a meek existence in Kingston Pen. But does anyone think that he'll give what he did much thought, I don't. What's the proper punishment for him. I would like to see the criminal code amended to remove the parole option after 25 years and allow judges to hand out life terms with no parole.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Paul David wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    love you catefrances
    thank you for being a good friend even though we tend to disagree
    catefrances has a wonderful heart & mind

    I'll second that.

    thanks guys.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    polaris_x wrote:
    i don't support the death penalty on the grounds that it is inhumane ... that killing someone for a crime does not bring back the people he/she affected but serves only to satisfy a lust for justice that seems only palatable by one's death ...

    http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/facts ... yFacts.pdf

    ********************************************************************************************************************************
    I don't see the death penalty as any kind of a revenge for the justice system,what it does do is keep dirt bags off our public streets and out of our homes so that they will not kill anyone else.
    keeping them in prison for life will not bring back the dead either so what would be the point in that ?
    in my opinion if a person is willing to take a life for no reason other than to just enjoy the kill then that person sure as shit better be ready and willing to lay down their own life because society in general will not tolerate the actions of a killer in their own area,there is only one reason for killing that I can think of and thats self defense in fear of your own life or that of your loved ones and if a person crosses that line and kills for no other reason but to rob or just kill for enjoyment then they better know the rules.

    Godfather.
  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Paul David wrote:
    I don't give a shit if he feels guilty about it or if he jumps around for joy in the cell for 30 years about what he did. that's irrelevant. he is serving life. he will never get out. justice is served.
    lukin2006 wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    i don't support the death penalty on the grounds that it is inhumane ... that killing someone for a crime does not bring back the people he/she affected but serves only to satisfy a lust for justice that seems only palatable by one's death ...

    http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/facts ... yFacts.pdf


    Not even for him

    http://www.nationalpost.com/news/answer ... story.html

    Now normally I would agree and I'm sure he'll have a meek existence in Kingston Pen. But does anyone think that he'll give what he did much thought, I don't. What's the proper punishment for him. I would like to see the criminal code amended to remove the parole option after 25 years and allow judges to hand out life terms with no parole.

    Now you obviously don't know much about the Canadian Justice System...every inmate is automatically eligible for parole after 25 years, it would seem unlikely that he obtain parole but you can never say never, what I was basically saying was we need to give the judge the option with certain cases at his/her discretion to remove parole eligibility, for one main reason as to not traumatize the families anymore. My comment was also direct toward polaris because we are both Canadians and it was meant as a discussion with recent tragic events.
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

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  • cajunkiwicajunkiwi Posts: 984
    chadwick wrote:
    slaughtering animals :evil:
    in my book that is worth the shooter eating his or her own bullet
    behind the ear is nice
    whatever it takes

    recently the topic is bear hunting
    bear hunters should all get cancer before being electrocuted

    the 2nd amendment says you have the right to bear arms or arm bears whatever the hell you want to do!
    - robin williams
    funny bastard

    Though Robin Williams with bare arms is a scary sight
    And I listen for the voice inside my head... nothing. I'll do this one myself.
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Godfather. wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    i don't support the death penalty on the grounds that it is inhumane ... that killing someone for a crime does not bring back the people he/she affected but serves only to satisfy a lust for justice that seems only palatable by one's death ...

    http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/facts ... yFacts.pdf

    ********************************************************************************************************************************
    I don't see the death penalty as any kind of a revenge for the justice system,what it does do is keep dirt bags off our public streets and out of our homes so that they will not kill anyone else.
    keeping them in prison for life will not bring back the dead either so what would be the point in that ?
    in my opinion if a person is willing to take a life for no reason other than to just enjoy the kill then that person sure as shit better be ready and willing to lay down their own life because society in general will not tolerate the actions of a killer in their own area,there is only one reason for killing that I can think of and thats self defense in fear of your own life or that of your loved ones and if a person crosses that line and kills for no other reason but to rob or just kill for enjoyment then they better know the rules.

    Godfather.



    rapists who do not murder their victims should be executed
    child molesters... executed
    simple shit

    line 'em up.

    do you agree?
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    chadwick wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    i don't support the death penalty on the grounds that it is inhumane ... that killing someone for a crime does not bring back the people he/she affected but serves only to satisfy a lust for justice that seems only palatable by one's death ...

    http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/facts ... yFacts.pdf

    ********************************************************************************************************************************
    I don't see the death penalty as any kind of a revenge for the justice system,what it does do is keep dirt bags off our public streets and out of our homes so that they will not kill anyone else.
    keeping them in prison for life will not bring back the dead either so what would be the point in that ?
    in my opinion if a person is willing to take a life for no reason other than to just enjoy the kill then that person sure as shit better be ready and willing to lay down their own life because society in general will not tolerate the actions of a killer in their own area,there is only one reason for killing that I can think of and thats self defense in fear of your own life or that of your loved ones and if a person crosses that line and kills for no other reason but to rob or just kill for enjoyment then they better know the rules.

    Godfather.



    rapists who do not murder their victims should be executed
    child molesters... executed
    simple shit

    line 'em up.

    do you agree?

    ;)

    Godfather.
  • ah, yet another person that thinks by one comment they can pin someone down!

    au contrere, mon frere! I am a fellow Canuck. I OBVIOUSLY know plenty about the system. I believe there is always the option, though rare, that he could be designated a dangerous offender after the 25 years is up and not be released. So what you are suggesting is already in place. Does this mean that you "obviously" don't know much about the Canadian justice system? I would never say that. ;)

    But I do agree that "life" shouldn't mean 25 years. That ain't life. Getting out when he gets buried is life.
    lukin2006 wrote:
    Now you obviously don't know much about the Canadian Justice System...every inmate is automatically eligible for parole after 25 years, it would seem unlikely that he obtain parole but you can never say never, what I was basically saying was we need to give the judge the option with certain cases at his/her discretion to remove parole eligibility, for one main reason as to not traumatize the families anymore. My comment was also direct toward polaris because we are both Canadians and it was meant as a discussion with recent tragic events.
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  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Paul David wrote:
    ah, yet another person that thinks by one comment they can pin someone down!

    au contrere, mon frere! I am a fellow Canuck. I OBVIOUSLY know plenty about the system. I believe there is always the option, though rare, that he could be designated a dangerous offender after the 25 years is up and not be released. So what you are suggesting is already in place. Does this mean that you "obviously" don't know much about the Canadian justice system? I would never say that. ;)

    But I do agree that "life" shouldn't mean 25 years. That ain't life. Getting out when he gets buried is life.

    lukin2006 wrote:
    Now you obviously don't know much about the Canadian Justice System...every inmate is automatically eligible for parole after 25 years, it would seem unlikely that he obtain parole but you can never say never, what I was basically saying was we need to give the judge the option with certain cases at his/her discretion to remove parole eligibility, for one main reason as to not traumatize the families anymore. My comment was also direct toward polaris because we are both Canadians and it was meant as a discussion with recent tragic events.

    Yes, but the crown is not going after dangerous offender status. They believe it's unlikely he'll get paroled, the are probably right, but why not amend the criminal code and remove the possibility of parole, he doesn't deserve a hearing in 25 years, yet he automatically gets a parole hearing. I just wonder when some government is going to come along and remove the possibility of parole from these individuals.
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

    "Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
  • do they have to go for dangerous offender status at sentencing? I thought it could be done at any point before the convicted is paroled?

    either way, I agree with you. life should actually be just that, LIFE.

    however, I think if they removed the possibility of parole from the law altogether, they'd run into serious problems.
    lukin2006 wrote:
    Paul David wrote:
    ah, yet another person that thinks by one comment they can pin someone down!

    au contrere, mon frere! I am a fellow Canuck. I OBVIOUSLY know plenty about the system. I believe there is always the option, though rare, that he could be designated a dangerous offender after the 25 years is up and not be released. So what you are suggesting is already in place. Does this mean that you "obviously" don't know much about the Canadian justice system? I would never say that. ;)

    But I do agree that "life" shouldn't mean 25 years. That ain't life. Getting out when he gets buried is life.

    lukin2006 wrote:
    Now you obviously don't know much about the Canadian Justice System...every inmate is automatically eligible for parole after 25 years, it would seem unlikely that he obtain parole but you can never say never, what I was basically saying was we need to give the judge the option with certain cases at his/her discretion to remove parole eligibility, for one main reason as to not traumatize the families anymore. My comment was also direct toward polaris because we are both Canadians and it was meant as a discussion with recent tragic events.

    Yes, but the crown is not going after dangerous offender status. They believe it's unlikely he'll get paroled, the are probably right, but why not amend the criminal code and remove the possibility of parole, he doesn't deserve a hearing in 25 years, yet he automatically gets a parole hearing. I just wonder when some government is going to come along and remove the possibility of parole from these individuals.
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  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Paul David wrote:
    do they have to go for dangerous offender status at sentencing? I thought it could be done at any point before the convicted is paroled?

    either way, I agree with you. life should actually be just that, LIFE.

    however, I think if they removed the possibility of parole from the law altogether, they'd run into serious problems.
    lukin2006 wrote:

    au contrere, mon frere! I am a fellow Canuck. I OBVIOUSLY know plenty about the system. I believe there is always the option, though rare, that he could be designated a dangerous offender after the 25 years is up and not be released. So what you are suggesting is already in place. Does this mean that you "obviously" don't know much about the Canadian justice system? I would never say that. ;)

    But I do agree that "life" shouldn't mean 25 years. That ain't life. Getting out when he gets buried is life.

    lukin2006 wrote:
    Now you obviously don't know much about the Canadian Justice System...every inmate is automatically eligible for parole after 25 years, it would seem unlikely that he obtain parole but you can never say never, what I was basically saying was we need to give the judge the option with certain cases at his/her discretion to remove parole eligibility, for one main reason as to not traumatize the families anymore. My comment was also direct toward polaris because we are both Canadians and it was meant as a discussion with recent tragic events.

    Yes, but the crown is not going after dangerous offender status. They believe it's unlikely he'll get paroled, the are probably right, but why not amend the criminal code and remove the possibility of parole, he doesn't deserve a hearing in 25 years, yet he automatically gets a parole hearing. I just wonder when some government is going to come along and remove the possibility of parole from these individuals.
    [/quote]

    The crown is not going to apply for it. I think we should let the judge have the option of handing out life without parole in cases like this. you would like to think that the parole board would never grant him parole, but you never know 25 years down the road.
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  • OnTheEdgeOnTheEdge Posts: 1,300
    chadwick wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    i don't support the death penalty on the grounds that it is inhumane ... that killing someone for a crime does not bring back the people he/she affected but serves only to satisfy a lust for justice that seems only palatable by one's death ...

    http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/facts ... yFacts.pdf

    ********************************************************************************************************************************
    I don't see the death penalty as any kind of a revenge for the justice system,what it does do is keep dirt bags off our public streets and out of our homes so that they will not kill anyone else.
    keeping them in prison for life will not bring back the dead either so what would be the point in that ?
    in my opinion if a person is willing to take a life for no reason other than to just enjoy the kill then that person sure as shit better be ready and willing to lay down their own life because society in general will not tolerate the actions of a killer in their own area,there is only one reason for killing that I can think of and thats self defense in fear of your own life or that of your loved ones and if a person crosses that line and kills for no other reason but to rob or just kill for enjoyment then they better know the rules.

    Godfather.



    rapists who do not murder their victims should be executed
    child molesters... executed
    simple shit

    line 'em up.

    do you agree?


    No, eye for an eye. Lock them up and let them be raped by bubba.
  • OnTheEdgeOnTheEdge Posts: 1,300
    I've heard people on here try to explain that life in prison is harsher punishment then the death penalty.

    The other night I watched a show on Discovery about people on death row. They fight for a retrial over and over to try to get their sentence knocked down to a life inprisonment. I guess they are fighting for the harsher penalty. :lol:

    They can dish it out but they can't take it! Fuckem!!!

    Very simple, if you intentionally take a life, your life shall be taken. Be a man and face up to your crime.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    cajunkiwi wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    slaughtering animals :evil:
    in my book that is worth the shooter eating his or her own bullet
    behind the ear is nice
    whatever it takes

    recently the topic is bear hunting
    bear hunters should all get cancer before being electrocuted

    the 2nd amendment says you have the right to bear arms or arm bears whatever the hell you want to do!
    - robin williams
    funny bastard

    Though Robin Williams with bare arms is a scary sight

    bear arms you mean. ;):lol:
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    OnTheEdge wrote:
    They can dish it out but they can't take it! Fuckem!!!

    Very simple, if you intentionally take a life, your life shall be taken. Be a man and face up to your crime.

    So it's a macho thing then?
  • OnTheEdgeOnTheEdge Posts: 1,300
    Byrnzie wrote:
    OnTheEdge wrote:
    They can dish it out but they can't take it! Fuckem!!!

    Very simple, if you intentionally take a life, your life shall be taken. Be a man and face up to your crime.

    So it's a macho thing then?

    :?

    No, being macho has nothing to do with it. It's someone realizing they fucked up and accepting their fate.
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    OnTheEdge wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:
    OnTheEdge wrote:
    They can dish it out but they can't take it! Fuckem!!!

    Very simple, if you intentionally take a life, your life shall be taken. Be a man and face up to your crime.

    So it's a macho thing then?

    :?

    No, being macho has nothing to do with it. It's someone realizing they fucked up and accepting their fate.
    "embrace the box" - L.H.K.

    those are dad's words.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    edited October 2010
    OnTheEdge wrote:
    No, being macho has nothing to do with it. It's someone realizing they fucked up and accepting their fate.

    An eye for an eye, right?

    Iran stones people to death and uses the Koran to justify it's barbarity.
    America electrocutes people and uses the Bible to justify it's barbarity.

    Both backwards countries who base their laws and beliefs on an antiquated, obsolete religion.

    Edit: Not that all of America is backwards, just certain aspects, including the death penalty, and the crazy talking-in-tongues religious wackjobs, e.t.c.
    Post edited by Byrnzie on
  • satansbedsatansbed Posts: 2,139
    Byrnzie wrote:
    OnTheEdge wrote:
    No, being macho has nothing to do with it. It's someone realizing they fucked up and accepting their fate.

    An eye for an eye, right?

    Iran stones people to death and uses the Koran to justify it's barbarity.
    America electrocutes people and uses the Bible to justify it's barbarity.

    Both backwards countries who base their laws and beliefs on an antiquated, obsolete religion.

    :thumbup:
  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Byrnzie wrote:
    OnTheEdge wrote:
    No, being macho has nothing to do with it. It's someone realizing they fucked up and accepting their fate.

    An eye for an eye, right?

    Iran stones people to death and uses the Koran to justify it's barbarity.
    America electrocutes people and uses the Bible to justify it's barbarity.

    Both backwards countries who base their laws and beliefs on an antiquated, obsolete religion.

    Edit: Not that all of America is backwards, just certain aspects, including the death penalty, and the crazy talking-in-tongues religious wackjobs, e.t.c.

    Now do you oppose capital punishment on human rights issues or some other issue? I know most who are opposed seem to be based on human rights.

    Here in Canada a former Canadian Forces commander of the largest air base in Canada plead guilty over the last week to some very heinous crimes.

    It's been reported he's been placed in Kingston Pen in solitary confinement until they can determine what to do with him, even if he is moved within the prison he will be confined to a closet size cell for 23 hours a day.

    So whats more of a human rights violation locking someone up with little human contact for 23 hours a day or capital punishment?

    Just for the record I'm not overly concerned with what happens to him or whether he's comfortable, he made his bed now he has to lie in it. But I think spending the rest of your life in jail locked in your cell for 23 hours a day is far worse than death. I guess that would depend on the person as well.

    http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/arti ... ped-murder

    http://www.680news.com/news/national/ar ... ton-prison
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    lukin2006 wrote:
    Now do you oppose capital punishment on human rights issues or some other issue?

    I wouldn't say it's a matter of human rights so much as reason and morality. If a scoiety can claim to be based on reason and morality then the first thing it should do is abolish the death penalty. Killing someone in the name of justice makes the society no better than the murderer whose crime it claims to oppose.

    Any society that has the death penalty is a barbaric society as far as I'm concerned.
  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Byrnzie wrote:
    lukin2006 wrote:
    Now do you oppose capital punishment on human rights issues or some other issue?

    I wouldn't say it's a matter of human rights so much as reason and morality. If a scoiety can claim to be based on reason and morality then the first thing it should do is abolish the death penalty. Killing someone in the name of justice makes the society no better than the murderer whose crime it claims to oppose.

    Any society that has the death penalty is a barbaric society as far as I'm concerned.

    Fair enough, fortunately we do not have capital punishment. We've had some high profile cases over the last 20 years of people who have been wrongly convicted.
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

    "Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
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