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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 (27 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 (...) (27 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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