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In reply to the discussion: US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953 [View all]marble falls
(57,055 posts)32. The dead get no mercy, they get no justice. They are beyond that ...
... I think Christ said it aptly on the cross, "Bless them Father, they know not what they do." I sure don't think she was in her right mind, I don't believe she is as a criminal so much as not of her right mind due to her beyond horrible.
I don't yell. Anyways, you seem to be doing enough of it for both of us.
Justice is not about the crimes. It's not about getting even, getting 'justice' for the victims. It's about 'trying' society's value against an alleged crime, to give 'hearing' to what is a dispute. The victim is actually a witness or evidence.
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There was no doubt that this woman cut the fetus from her victim's womb committing a double murder
Cozmo
Jan 2021
#25
You're not considering the whole story. There was no justice served last night, authorities ...
marble falls
Jan 2021
#20
Do you seriously believe that this woman can be helped while serving a life sentence in our prisons?
Cozmo
Jan 2021
#26
There's no salvage here. But surely you aren't suggesting that because she is "broken" ...
marble falls
Jan 2021
#37
And she was raped from three years old by father, step-father, family, family friends ...
marble falls
Jan 2021
#21
The only thing most of these angry pro-death penalty project in their anger is "blood lust".
marble falls
Jan 2021
#39
Did you look past the crime? What do you make of her brutized life? No one ever went to jail.
marble falls
Jan 2021
#28
This info is wrong. Karla Faye Tucker on 2/4/98 was executed by TX when Bush refused to
in2herbs
Jan 2021
#15