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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:07 PM Original message |
Here's a case where I wish "3 strikes" had worked. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Life is the true ultimate punishment, not the DP |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I think it depends. Some people don't feel the way you do. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes but let's take a sociopath |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Explain why 99.9% of killers on death row appeal to the very end. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. OK then, consider that life sentences almost never appeal, and DP cases almost always appeal |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Hardly. Sociopath will always have a source of victims and thus enjoyment. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That's where you and I are different - we can be the one that chooses to not be them |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Can you cite an example of a violent crime committed by someone on serving Life Without Parole? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I am not saying they are handling them right |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. One or couple hundred? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. I agree with you |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Weld the door shut and walk away. n/t |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. So, you advocate torture? |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Perfect answer. Thank you. nt |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. You get it |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. True sociopaths DON'T feel pain/remorse/guilt for what they did. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Given enough time they do |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The idea they can't hurt someone in solitary is false. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Perhaps that is the way to deal with them |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Horrible that it happened but she lives in Texas. n/t |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. And precisely WTF is that supposed to mean? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Nope. If convicted it is highly likely she will get a needle in the arm and that will be that. n/t |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Very true and I apologize...I'm just getting tired of Texas bashing n/t |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You won't get any from me. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. I am not Texas bashing, but I think the DP is unfair to the Victim's Family |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Suffer = torture. Cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited by the Constitution. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Different kind of torture really |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. You are 100% wrong. Leaving a person alone with themselves often makes them more violent. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I don't think so. I think it means if found guilty, she won't be hurting any more innocent children |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. There are truly evil people that don't deserve to be tortured |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I'm not for torturing anyone either. I am for putting people who do this kind of heinous |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. Do we have a pic of this freak? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. From the article. |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. What exactly is your point? There's no connection between possession of marijuana or car theft with |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Maybe you should be asking the Houston PD that. Did you read the article? |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Excuse me? The first paragraph mentions they suspect she's a child serial killer. I gathered that. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You are correct. Now that I look at her offenses more thoroughly, I don't see three violent |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. two assaults and battery, car theft |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. I noticed that. The one crime she seems to have NO prior for |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. Three Strikes remains a nuke used to kill a ground squirrel. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
38. I'm not getting the connection |
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