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To: E who wrote (15660)6/26/2002 8:46:18 PM
From: Original Mad Dog  Read Replies (2) of 21057
 
Let's not pretend it's a lottery. The vast majority of the people on death row or who have been executed actually committed murder. That gave them an edge on you and I and maybe even Laz, who couldn't win the "lottery" since we didn't kill anybody.

I think that if we are going to have the DP, we should reserve it for cases where there can be no possible doubt (as you have suggested, DNA but not eyewitness evidence, for example). It bothers me that our justice system and media make heroes out of prosecutors who get convictions. This raises the likelihood of wrongful convictions, and when you fry 'em in a vat there's no turning back.
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