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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Bald Eagle who wrote (15867)6/6/2001 5:04:33 PM
From: YlangYlangBreeze  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
If I knew that the death penalty had an error rate as high as, o i dunno, let's say 25% in its administration, I'd probably still be in favor of it, so yeah, economics count. In fact, if i were sentenced to death, even wrongly, I would prefer frying and let my jail maintenance fund go to a better purpose.

I got this thing, it's called a life, it's um three dimensional, another concept that seems to be lost on the thread inhabitants lately, who seem to "live" with their faces plastered to the screen, looking to score one-up semantics points on a moment to moment basis. Anyhow, I'm gonna be out in the garden, so maybe I'll check back in later for replies if nothing better pops up like say, making mulberry jam with my daughter.



To: Bald Eagle who wrote (15867)6/6/2001 5:06:57 PM
From: average joe  Respond to of 82486
 
Murderers are not innocent. Society as a whole is innocent, that is who we should save first. If you mean an error rate, I don't agree, I don't think it really exists.

And yeah I say we take the chance, however, if someone sets somebody up, and that person does fry, then fry the guy that did the set up. Hold the cops, judges and lawyers to a higher standard to.