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The Supreme Court, All Right or All Wrong?
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2354Oh hell, it costs more than that just to convict them in the first place. We haManyMoose-11/2/2007
2353"...find the most tolerable conquerer and just turn yourself over to them..Jim S-11/2/2007
2352 And even if you care as much about enemy casualties as you do about your own sTimF-11/2/2007
2351"Justice Stevens, who served in WWII , thought that killing Yamamoto, was oJim S-11/2/2007
2350"I do think there should be ample opportunity to appeal a death sentence.&qJim S-11/2/2007
2349It was a common belief twenty years ago that it cost $1M to execute someone. At Peter Dierks-11/2/2007
2348Yup, another good boy gone bad. Real bad. We don't need 'em.ManyMoose-11/1/2007
2347Good point, we should ask that question of our future judges.sandintoes-11/1/2007
2346 I agree, war and the death penalty are separate issues. But what struck me asTimF-11/1/2007
2345It was totally unforgivable the way he was attacked. Now we must go through lifsandintoes-11/1/2007
2344Killing in war is entirely separated from the death penalty. How the two could sandintoes-11/1/2007
2343 For more folly from Supreme court members, see volokh.com and another blog TimF-11/1/2007
2342It would be hard to find the facts for sure, but there were about three at leastsandintoes-11/1/2007
2341I agree that it takes too long. OTOH I do think there should be ample opportuTimF-11/1/2007
2340 I'm not sure, but I think she was at the very least involved in that idea.TimF-11/1/2007
2339Bork and Thomas are both great guys, but it still hurts Bork did not survive congoldworldnet-11/1/2007
2338AS it always does...they never report anything that isn't in their favor.sandintoes-11/1/2007
2337LOL Sweet...sandintoes-11/1/2007
2336Look at the people who were there to defend Ted Bundy? Did he deserve to live? sandintoes-11/1/2007
2335Good, and very interesting, post, MM!Jim S-11/1/2007
2334Precisely. I couldn't have said it better myself. <I>There should beManyMoose-11/1/2007
2333"My only objection to capital punishment is that it takes too long ..."Jim S-11/1/2007
2332I agree. My only objection to capital punishment is that it takes too long and ManyMoose-11/1/2007
2331Gentlemen prefer blonds. I can see why you are pleased that they are gentlemen. Peter Dierks-11/1/2007
2330I had not heard of him before that. He had plenty of criticism for the AdministrPeter Dierks-11/1/2007
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