Zywiec
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Fri Oct-16-09 12:34 PM
Response to Reply #6 |
| 8. All we need is police state and we've hit the trifecta! |
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Over in GD The US is a third world country, here a theocracy, now if we can just get a post about how we're a police state too, I'm buying a lottery ticket!!  |
| -Texas man faces execution after jurors consult Bible to decide fate |
kpete |
Oct-16-09 12:12 PM |
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But the Koran prescribes double smiting with iron instruments |
SpiralHawk |
Oct-16-09 12:16 PM |
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Texas is scary. I thought I lived in a dipwad state. |
roguevalley |
Oct-16-09 02:00 PM |
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Re: "I thought I lived in a dipwad state." |
man4allcats |
Oct-16-09 02:15 PM |
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pot calling kettle. |
roguevalley |
Oct-16-09 03:21 PM |
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Oh, I see. |
man4allcats |
Oct-16-09 10:35 PM |
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Talk about throwing the book at someone! |
damntexdem |
Oct-16-09 03:20 PM |
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The victim was shot in the face and beaten with his own rifle. |
Zywiec |
Oct-16-09 12:18 PM |
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Thou Shalt Not Kill |
SpiralHawk |
Oct-16-09 12:24 PM |
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+1 |
DeSwiss |
Oct-16-09 12:28 PM |
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I think you could make the case that the Bible didn't decide his sentence, merely made the jury more |
imdjh |
Oct-16-09 12:37 PM |
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On what basis would you argue that? Reading the minds of jurors? |
No Elephants |
Oct-17-09 10:36 AM |
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If they can't feel 'comfortable' with handing down a sentence of death |
enlightenment |
Oct-17-09 12:27 PM |
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Thou Shalt Not Kill |
AlbertCat |
Oct-16-09 01:02 PM |
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You've got it all wrong. |
JNelson6563 |
Oct-16-09 07:06 PM |
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Thou shall not murder.... |
WriteDown |
Oct-16-09 01:49 PM |
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delete, dupe |
WriteDown |
Oct-16-09 01:50 PM |
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King James says "Thou shalt not kill." And there's a lot of debate about |
No Elephants |
Oct-17-09 11:11 AM |
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Thank you. Exactly right. |
closeupready |
Oct-16-09 02:54 PM |
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Naw, just his imprisonment for rape of multiple children |
superconnected |
Oct-16-09 02:10 PM |
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Now it's multiple children? |
Zywiec |
Oct-16-09 03:01 PM |
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I see you know nothing of the issue. There were several other girls. |
superconnected |
Oct-16-09 03:28 PM |
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Who said he was innocent? |
Zywiec |
Oct-16-09 03:35 PM |
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It's not about how we feel about a murderer, or any prisoner. |
damntexdem |
Oct-16-09 03:21 PM |
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Yeah, kinda like the Republicons tossing the Constitution in the crapper |
SpiralHawk |
Oct-16-09 07:07 PM |
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I don't have a lot of sympathy for the murderer either, but I do have a BIG problem |
beac |
Oct-16-09 04:07 PM |
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same here. |
Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel |
Oct-17-09 10:49 AM |
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I would |
yurbud |
Oct-16-09 11:59 PM |
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Mistrial (or what ever it's legally called) |
Auggie |
Oct-16-09 12:29 PM |
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I could argue it either way. |
ieoeja |
Oct-16-09 02:01 PM |
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Guess this will be have to be left to the judge, |
Auggie |
Oct-16-09 03:18 PM |
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That would make the United States a theocracy |
TrogL |
Oct-16-09 12:30 PM |
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All we need is police state and we've hit the trifecta! |
Zywiec |
Oct-16-09 12:34 PM |
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Question would be "Who Highlighted the Passages" |
FreakinDJ |
Oct-16-09 12:31 PM |
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The other question should be "Who provide the Bibles with the highlighted passages?" |
LiberalFighter |
Oct-16-09 01:17 PM |
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I'm sure they limit what reading materials are in the deliberation room |
FreakinDJ |
Oct-16-09 02:17 PM |
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Four bibles in one jury room? The Gideons don't get that excessive. |
No Elephants |
Oct-16-09 02:25 PM |
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It isn't really appropriate to consult the Bible |
LuvNewcastle |
Oct-16-09 12:35 PM |
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I use burnt toast pictures, myself. |
dixiegrrrrl |
Oct-16-09 12:46 PM |
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I use "Grilled Cheese Sandwiches" |
FreakinDJ |
Oct-16-09 02:19 PM |
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It's not appropriate to consult it for anything, given that it's a ridiculous work of fiction. |
Zhade |
Oct-16-09 01:52 PM |
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What if they just consult what they remember in their minds? |
WriteDown |
Oct-16-09 01:53 PM |
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I don't even want to change planes at an airport in Texas. |
undeterred |
Oct-16-09 12:42 PM |
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Can we just give Texas back to Mexico? |
lobodons |
Oct-16-09 12:45 PM |
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I think split it in two and put Dems on upper half and leave them in the US. |
glinda |
Oct-16-09 12:54 PM |
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"remember the alamo--give texas BACK" one of my fave bumper stickers |
niyad |
Oct-17-09 11:24 PM |
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if they read what Jesus said |
placton |
Oct-16-09 01:02 PM |
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Of course without a death penalty... |
AlbertCat |
Oct-16-09 01:06 PM |
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What ever happened to 'Vengeance is mine said the Lord'? |
Stellar |
Oct-16-09 01:06 PM |
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I'm pretty sure they believe they're qualified to act on His behalf. |
crim son |
Oct-17-09 11:40 AM |
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Did they also cunsult Superman edition #1? |
MNDemNY |
Oct-16-09 01:06 PM |
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I'm the last to be fair but in all fairness, our President swears his oath on a Bible |
tomm2thumbs |
Oct-16-09 01:20 PM |
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It doesn't have to be a Bible |
Gman |
Oct-16-09 02:10 PM |
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Keith Ellison |
Hansel |
Oct-16-09 03:03 PM |
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That's him |
Gman |
Oct-16-09 03:48 PM |
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It doesn't have to be any book at all. They just have to say the words written |
No Elephants |
Oct-17-09 10:43 AM |
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all pagans need to stay out of texas courtrooms... |
winyanstaz |
Oct-16-09 01:47 PM |
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What does it matter? |
WriteDown |
Oct-16-09 01:52 PM |
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Were they deciding his guilt? |
Bill McBlueState |
Oct-16-09 03:16 PM |
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Either way, doesn't matter... |
WriteDown |
Oct-16-09 03:27 PM |
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The guilty verdict is not the issue, only the sentence. It matters because we are not supposed to |
No Elephants |
Oct-17-09 10:52 AM |
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I wonder if there are times when the Bible is used in the jury room to preserve a life?? n/t |
BennyD |
Oct-16-09 02:17 PM |
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Point is, the Bible is not supposed to be in the jury room at all |
No Elephants |
Oct-17-09 11:17 AM |
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Khristian? Interesting first name for a man sentenced "by the Book." Interesting spelling |
No Elephants |
Oct-16-09 02:52 PM |
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This should have been declared a mistrial and retried. But yet, it's Texas. |
Hansel |
Oct-16-09 03:27 PM |
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I've always thought trials should be decided by computers... |
WriteDown |
Oct-16-09 03:31 PM |
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The world would have been better off had the Bible never been written |
IndianaGreen |
Oct-16-09 04:02 PM |
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If he is guilty, convict him based on LAW |
Politicub |
Oct-16-09 04:05 PM |
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Well..... |
Socal31 |
Oct-16-09 11:44 PM |
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The bible was used in the sentencing, not the conviction. |
No Elephants |
Oct-17-09 11:14 AM |
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Texas' very own version of Shari'a law |
KamaAina |
Oct-16-09 05:57 PM |
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Texas law put the death penalty on the table, not the Bible - |
lynne |
Oct-16-09 06:40 PM |
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that passage calls for EVERY murderer to be put to death... |
dysfunctional press |
Oct-16-09 06:57 PM |
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Apparently, though, Texas law does not require the death penalty for every murderer and |
No Elephants |
Oct-17-09 11:26 AM |
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exactly. |
dysfunctional press |
Oct-17-09 11:27 AM |
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So smiting with a wooden club wouldn't be so bad? |
daleo |
Oct-16-09 11:57 PM |
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Somebody teach these dimwits about church-state separation. |
Odin2005 |
Oct-17-09 12:05 AM |
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Many Texans know the concept and totally reject it. And no one does a thing. |
No Elephants |
Oct-17-09 11:27 AM |
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So what? |
DatManFromNawlins |
Oct-17-09 12:17 AM |
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Please see Reply ##s 68 and 72. The prosecution seems to have played upon |
No Elephants |
Oct-17-09 11:32 AM |
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Yeah, because the Bronze Age was sooooo civilized and all... |
Taverner |
Oct-17-09 12:34 PM |
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Is this from the Onion? n/t |
krabigirl |
Oct-17-09 11:27 PM |
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