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Re: Gun debate (was Re: New Web Page
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Tue, 1 Jun 1999 22:13:03 GMT
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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 18:35:52 GMT, Frank Filz uttered the following
profundities...
> For those who don't know who Sacco and Vanzetti were, they were a pair
> of imigrants who were fingered as being communists and involved in a
> bank robery in the 20s. I don't recall all the details, but do know that
> well after the fact, it is recognized that the trial was a whole sham
> and the real evidence linking them to the crime non-existent.
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Probably not known about because it is too common an occurrence,
in countries where capital punishment exists, or has existed.
(If it happens twice, anywhere, that is too common!)
I would imagine that there was very much a political motivation
behind the sentence. Unfortunately too common a motivation for
many trials, let alone verdicts and sentencing.
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| (...) What makes a criminal trial verdict clearly wrong? For instance with OJ: everyone I knew had an opinion, most of them thought he was guilty as hell and should fry, but a few were absolutely sure that he was innocent. So, he got off and (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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