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To: ColtonGang who wrote (171673)	8/15/2001 4:38:57 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769670

I was not overruled, you proffered an incorrect statement of law and I explained your error to you. I also taught you that Amendments to the Constitution are called Articles of Amendment. Your welcome. I specifically used the word article so that you would have to think and work a little harder to see the correct answer. You responded just as I expected. The laws in Texas are being followed as we speak. No state law was overruled by international law. tom watson tosiwmee

To: ColtonGang who wrote (171673)	8/15/2001 4:47:41 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 769670

It was a STATE court you'll notice. Court halts scheduled Texas execution

To: ColtonGang who wrote (171673)	8/15/2001 5:43:26 PM
From: Greta Mc	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

But is the point his age or the unfairness of the prosecutorial system? I live in a state (which has the death penalty on the books) where a 16 year wanted a car that belonged to a particular family (I'm going on memory, but this occurred in the early 1990's). He decided to kill the family in order to get the car. He planned it. Then, he murdered the family. He got the car. Then he was caught. The courts decided he should be tried as an adult, subjected to the death penalty. He, as an adult, was tried and found guilty of murdering the family. He was sentenced to life in prison (eligible for parole after 25 years served)....REMEMBER, He planned the murder of a family in order to get their car, was tried as an adult, was found guilty of their murders and DID NOT get the death penalty in a state where it was an option. So I'm wondering how did Mr. Beazley, who lives in a different state (which also has the death penalty), even end up on death row when I think about what the guy in my state did? Oh my, did I mention that the 16 year murderer who plotted and actually killed a family for a car was a white guy???? In other words, Colten, as I much as I would like to see the death penalty imposed in a "perfect" world regarding murder, it's not going to happen...we live in a subjective world, and I don't see how we can make objective opinions as a country regarding the execution of people convicted of capital offenses. Therefore, it is time for the United States to deem the death penalty unconstitutional.