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Tommy_Carcetti

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11. "I'm not sure how much better off Carlos would be if he had been wrongfully in prison for 26 years..

Reply to IDFbunny (Reply #9)

Tue May 15, 2012, 01:54 PM

May 2012

...and then exonerated."

Well, for starters, he'd be alive. And able to salvage at least the remainder of his life. So, ummm, yeah.

And I'm still not clear exactly how the Chinese have it right, whether it be for the right or wrong reason. Really? China? That's our model?

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When will we finally become civilized and get rid of the atrocity that is the death penalty? [View all] Tommy_Carcetti May 2012 OP

That's horrible... ceile May 2012 #1

Every state has something of which to be ashamed, trust me. Tommy_Carcetti May 2012 #8

rec SammyWinstonJack May 2012 #2

When the rest of the country becomes more like New England cali May 2012 #3

Or more like New Mexico duhneece May 2012 #5

Probably about the time same sex marriages are accepted. catbyte May 2012 #4

Or the RAYgunESCALATED Drug War BANKRUPTING our States is ENDED! supraTruth May 2012 #6

I think on the time scale of the universe, even a being as old as the human race TheKentuckian May 2012 #7

Humane execution is civil IDFbunny May 2012 #9

Comparing our attitude towards "justice" to the Bill of Rights is tragic. ieoeja May 2012 #10

"I'm not sure how much better off Carlos would be if he had been wrongfully in prison for 26 years.. Tommy_Carcetti May 2012 #11

Yeah, life in prison is a worse fate than a humane execution. IDFbunny May 2012 #12

But I still don't understand how you are claiming that it's better he was executed than exonerated. Tommy_Carcetti May 2012 #14

not quite IDFbunny May 2012 #15

I have a hard time calling any human being a monster. Tommy_Carcetti May 2012 #16

Shortly after a rich person is wrongly executed. (nt) jeff47 May 2012 #13