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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (15701)6/26/2002 10:59:01 PM
From: E  Respond to of 21057
 
It's a lottery only in the sense that among those charged with similar crimes, it appears to be largely random which ones are charged with a capital offense and which with life-in-prison or lesser offenses.

I posted about this. I don't think the above is an accurate characterization of the 'lottery' aspect. Here's what I wrote, and it was earlier in the day then, so I'll paste the links instead of recapping:

Message 17653393

Message 17656055


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