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demigoddess

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13. If he spent his whole life behind bars or in solitary confinement I would agree with you.

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 12, 2020, 06:52 PM

Aug 2020

But they keep paroling them after 20 years or so. Killing a child with a gun has got to cost you more than beating up or killing a man who could defend himself.

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