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stevenleser

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8. In Florida, unless you are a white 2nd amendment type claiming self-defense with a gun, the state

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 09:00 AM

Mar 2014

seems to have the philosophy that it's better to imprison 10 innocent people than to let one guilty person go free. One in three people living in Florida will find themselves in jail there at some point. If I am not mistaken that is the highest ratio in the country.

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I bet he spoke to them without a lawyer. What a terrible mistake. n/t pnwmom Mar 2014 #7

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Jesus. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #2

In Florida, unless you are a white 2nd amendment type claiming self-defense with a gun, the state stevenleser Mar 2014 #8

I refuse to convict on a felony murder charge alcibiades_mystery Mar 2014 #6

"All he did was go say, 'Use the car' ..." rocktivity Apr 2014 #9

Here's a video from 2011 rocktivity Apr 2014 #10

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