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Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
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Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:25:39 GMT
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Richard Dee wrote:

There is no recourse. Can you, hand on your heart, be
absolutely certain, that *everyone* put to death since 1972?
was the correct one? There are always examples of guilty
people being set free due to legal technicalities, can you
be absolutely certain that technicalities, or legal
manipulations, (or political agendas), have not resulted in
someone innocent being put to death? The US legal system is
very good, very fair, but is it totally immune to mistake?

Nothing is perfect, but I for one am glad when a person, who has been tried, and
has appealed, is never again going to blacken someone's live by killing or
raping a loved one.

Scott S.

--
Scott E. Sanburn
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Affiliated Engineers, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI

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  Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
 
(...) It's funny how, when the topic of state executions comes up, so does the word "black". Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
 
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 21:45:18 GMT, Scott Edward Sanburn uttered the following profundities... (...) UK public perception is very much anti-death penalty, due to mistakes, where the wrong person was hanged, and one particular instance when the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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