"Joan Moyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hello Terry,
With all the hatred in today's world, there is nothing wrong with being
humane.
Joan
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: L&I Justice
> Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 10:22 PM
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
> >"Joan Moyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >Hello Terry,
> >
> >I agree that trials do not seem to be a search for the truth, mores the
> >pity. However, from all I've read and heard there seems to be a long
time
> >between sentencing and the death penalty actually being carried out.
Isn't
> >it usually many years?
>
> Remember, Joan, that the most notorious case of prosecutor misconduct in
> this country currently which sent two men to death row was a cause
celebre
> used to limit the appeals process. And the appeals process very seldom
> looks at evidence of innocence. They are mostly in interested in the
famous
> procedural error which often has nothing whatever to do with guilt or
> innocence. One man went to his death with the Supreme Court agreeing
that
> such evidence didn't matter. It was too late.
>
> >I certainly agree there is no excuse for killing innocent people.
>
> Then it is illogical to favor the death penalty.
>
> >How would you feel about the DP if you were sure there
> >had not been a miscarriage of justice and no innocent person would be
> >executed?
> >
> > Joan
>
> I shed no tears whatever for Ted Bundy. I think it will be just fine
when
> Richard C. Harris is put out of his misery. I am sorry Pol Pot died
before
> they hanged him.
>
> Being a bleeding heart liberal doesn't mean you don't have normal human
> emotions.
> Best, Terry
>
> "Lawyer - one trained to circumvent the law" - The Devil's Dictionary
>
>
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