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

To: The Philosopher who wrote (16293)	6/8/2001 8:19:43 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"...and depends most of all on whether you're poor and black or rich and white, then I can't support it. What if you're young and white and female and you get nailed by a guy on early parole? same old same old #reply-14506272

To: The Philosopher who wrote (16293)	6/8/2001 9:00:41 PM
From: Greg or e	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Those are very good points. Do you think there is actually that level incompetence and malice in the system? If there is, then it would seem that a fundamental overhaul of the entire justice system is in order. Would you be in favor of a flat rate for lawyers? How about regular evaluations for competency? How about automation? Do you even see any hope that a fix is possible? Personally, while your points are well taken, I would be more in favor of raising the bar for a capital conviction, and keeping the death penalty. Also, a life sentence that meant life, for those cases that failed to meet the level of certainty, but were compelling enough to convict might be of use.(EDIT) I just read your prior post, I didn't realize you already had L.W.P. Sorry, I know I used the F word again.