Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (19464)	10/27/2004 2:58:38 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) of 90947

I have been told that before... about the link. I think it is because I copy and paste. If you would type the link into the address place I think it comes up. Two things that have made me rethink the death penalty. A book written by Wally Lamb about women in a Conn. prison.. Actually he went there as a professor to help the women with a creative writing course. He experienced Resistance at first but then the women started to reveal who they were as persons.AND the facts came out that many of them did not have fair trial. A public defender and then they were not communicative and most were abused and had killed their spouse. Mr. Lamb compiled a list of the stories and it became a book. When I read of some of the injustice that was evident I took another look at prisons. Then, Angola.the prison considered the worst in our Country was produced by Sun dance Film Channel and I watched it. The prisoners there are all death row or lifers.. A lot of them were young boys when they got life sentences... and death penalty. Some took college courses and started to use their newly acquired knowledge to get their trial papers and review their convictions.. Some of them were able to have them reviewed and they were found to be innocent. Once again, black and poor they did not have good legal representation, like let's say, OJ. So, I got to thinking again, what if they had been given lethal injection. They were innocent. I started to believe as the governor of Ill. felt when he excused all death row inmates as the new way of establishing innocence DNA was not around much when a lot of convictions were coming down. I equivocate where if someone killed someone I loved... what would I want for that person. I own a gun. I belong to NRA..(believe it or not guys ) have passed the NRA gun course and have a permit. Could I ever use the gun ? Could I kill someone.. These are questions I ask myself and still have no answers for.

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next