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Mon Sep-26-11 05:40 PM
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| 21. Many people on the DU still support the death penalty. Unbelievable. |
| -"He was 14 yrs. 6mos. and 5 days old --- and the youngest person executed in the United States." |
Pab Sungenis |
Sep-26-11 02:04 PM |
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The more things change, the more they stay the same. |
GreenPartyVoter |
Sep-26-11 02:06 PM |
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Remember the freepers, fundies and teabaggers hate history and refuse to learn from it. |
Initech |
Sep-26-11 02:39 PM |
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poor little angel. god help us all. |
roguevalley |
Sep-26-11 02:41 PM |
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Yes. That says it all. |
yardwork |
Sep-27-11 10:21 AM |
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Dear God |
get the red out |
Sep-26-11 02:08 PM |
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We haven't come all that far. |
Pab Sungenis |
Sep-26-11 02:09 PM |
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Good lord...only 14... |
joeybee12 |
Sep-26-11 02:13 PM |
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that's what? an 8th grader, maybe an HS freshman? |
rurallib |
Sep-26-11 02:30 PM |
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Given the times and where he lived, he had probably stopped going to school |
LuckyLib |
Sep-26-11 07:52 PM |
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IF there was a school for him to attend. |
NOLALady |
Sep-27-11 11:05 AM |
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So sad |
madokie |
Sep-26-11 02:16 PM |
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Damn- just 81 days between the crime and the date of execution.. |
LeftinOH |
Sep-26-11 02:31 PM |
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The jury selection, trial and conviction took one day |
Cali_Democrat |
Sep-26-11 05:35 PM |
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Just. Wow. n/t |
Earth_First |
Sep-27-11 08:00 PM |
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I agree with you... Death penalty has to end... |
midnight |
Sep-26-11 02:32 PM |
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very very very sad |
Broderick |
Sep-26-11 02:40 PM |
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What kind of people could do something like this? |
NNN0LHI |
Sep-26-11 02:45 PM |
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Sadly, there are many many of them today, just like then, and they are working |
RKP5637 |
Sep-26-11 02:53 PM |
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You forgot to mention that DU is full of them. Don't know if they're paid trolls or DLCs |
saras |
Sep-27-11 10:01 AM |
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Yeah, I've noticed that and it constantly surprises me. It always reminds me |
RKP5637 |
Sep-27-11 12:08 PM |
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The American people and many are damn proud of it.... |
Bandit |
Sep-26-11 04:09 PM |
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us - we did this, within living memory, and many of us would support |
Warren Stupidity |
Sep-26-11 05:35 PM |
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People effected by the teachings of RW hatefilled propaganda -- especially racist propaganda --!! |
defendandprotect |
Sep-27-11 11:33 AM |
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How many believe in TORTURE still -- ?? |
defendandprotect |
Sep-27-11 11:38 AM |
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omg - that poor child |
dana_b |
Sep-26-11 02:52 PM |
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This wasn't that long ago. But we are in a post-racial society. Right. nt |
thereismore |
Sep-26-11 03:14 PM |
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this was during WWII also, later than i thought it would happen |
JI7 |
Sep-26-11 04:56 PM |
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Everyone should read the comments and links to lynching stories |
Cali_Democrat |
Sep-26-11 05:34 PM |
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Southern Trees Bear Strange Fruit... |
classof56 |
Sep-27-11 10:39 AM |
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Many people on the DU still support the death penalty. Unbelievable. |
Logical |
Sep-26-11 05:40 PM |
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I support it for someone like John Wayne Gacy or Ted Bundy |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody |
Sep-27-11 12:22 AM |
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You either support it or you don't |
Major Nikon |
Sep-27-11 01:27 AM |
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+1 |
trumad |
Sep-27-11 06:31 AM |
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++++ thousands |
bread_and_roses |
Sep-27-11 07:57 AM |
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Well said. nt |
RaleighNCDUer |
Sep-27-11 08:44 AM |
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Thank you. The death penalty diminishes us all. n/t |
myrna minx |
Sep-27-11 10:32 AM |
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Sorry, but that is utter bullshit |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody |
Sep-27-11 11:21 AM |
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Either the state killing someone is wrong or it isn't -- |
defendandprotect |
Sep-27-11 11:26 AM |
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+1000! |
Fearless |
Sep-27-11 11:28 AM |
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+++ |
Ignis |
Sep-27-11 05:57 PM |
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Sorry, but that is utter bullshit |
Major Nikon |
Sep-27-11 05:25 PM |
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Ok, I'm irrational. So cry for Bundy and Gacy then |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody |
Sep-27-11 08:29 PM |
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More of your brilliant critical thinking skills displayed for all to see! |
Major Nikon |
Sep-27-11 08:50 PM |
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+1 -- "vengenance and bloodlust" -- and agree re RW aims to expand it --- !! |
defendandprotect |
Sep-27-11 09:38 PM |
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Death Penalty is the most premeditated murder of all |
gort |
Sep-27-11 09:48 PM |
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You are deeply wrong, PTBBIR |
Arugula Latte |
Sep-28-11 11:56 AM |
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There are many failed policies that could work in a perfect world. |
ZombieHorde |
Sep-27-11 12:43 PM |
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There will always be that poorly prepared public defender, |
Enthusiast |
Sep-27-11 01:48 PM |
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The death penalty is barbaric. Life in prison is the only option. |
bluestate10 |
Sep-27-11 06:23 AM |
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Believe it or not, Texas went for decades without the option of life without parole |
Major Nikon |
Sep-27-11 10:50 PM |
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There is NO NO NO excuse, there is no conscience. |
donheld |
Sep-27-11 12:19 AM |
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Just a baby |
Tsiyu |
Sep-27-11 01:16 AM |
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family run out of town: he "had to endure the trial & death alone." & still happening, see: |
DrunkenBoat |
Sep-27-11 01:43 AM |
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RW is zealous about making juveniles criminal -- tho it is our male adult population which |
defendandprotect |
Sep-27-11 11:29 AM |
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another i never heard of: burned at the stake, 1893: |
DrunkenBoat |
Sep-27-11 01:52 AM |
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Fuck |
dipsydoodle |
Sep-27-11 05:24 AM |
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Disgusting. |
blackspade |
Sep-27-11 07:34 AM |
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"Beware of those with a strong urge to punish" -- |
defendandprotect |
Sep-27-11 11:31 AM |
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K & R |
malaise |
Sep-27-11 05:15 AM |
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My mom wrote about this in her law class (online), all the other students mocked her... |
joshcryer |
Sep-27-11 05:23 AM |
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My God......are you serious?!?! they probably went on to become more of the lawyers we hate. |
tropicanarose |
Sep-27-11 10:22 AM |
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Maybe it's just me but this seems frivolous. And ridiculous. |
Ostanes |
Sep-27-11 05:27 AM |
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Welcome to DU |
NNN0LHI |
Sep-27-11 06:05 AM |
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So it doesn't matter just because it happened sixty years ago? |
strategery blunder |
Sep-27-11 06:12 AM |
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I am puzzled by your comment |
Papagoose |
Sep-27-11 06:40 AM |
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Racism still exists to this day. |
Jamastiene |
Sep-27-11 06:50 AM |
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Really? |
dddem |
Sep-27-11 07:52 AM |
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Notable racism still exist today ESPECIALLY in the judicial system, color DOES matter here |
uponit7771 |
Sep-27-11 08:22 AM |
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It's just you. |
blackspade |
Sep-27-11 08:27 AM |
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Exactly. I seem to recall a fairly recent incident. |
FedUp_Queer |
Sep-27-11 10:35 AM |
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"Assuming he was wrongly executed." |
FedUp_Queer |
Sep-27-11 10:32 AM |
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Others have eloquently rebutted your post so I won't bother to try. |
classof56 |
Sep-27-11 10:48 AM |
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Every exoneration of a prisoner who was put to death weakens arguments in favor of the DP. |
Gormy Cuss |
Sep-27-11 10:58 AM |
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We can learn from what happens in the past. We just don't ever seem to be able to do it |
LuckyLib |
Sep-27-11 11:25 AM |
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"Frivolous and ridiculous" .... ??? |
defendandprotect |
Sep-27-11 11:48 AM |
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It was the 40s. Within the lifetime of many people still living. And that kind of |
DrunkenBoat |
Sep-27-11 01:19 PM |
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The truth matters. |
ChadwickHenryWard |
Sep-27-11 01:37 PM |
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Among other things in your statement, who is YOU people? n/t |
Jefferson23 |
Sep-27-11 08:08 PM |
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And people have to wonder why the jury in the OJ Simpson trial |
Ilsa |
Sep-27-11 06:53 AM |
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It just goes to show that too many are swayed by emotion rather than reason |
Major Nikon |
Sep-27-11 06:35 PM |
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words cannot expresse the horror of this...n/t |
hue |
Sep-27-11 07:55 AM |
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Youngest? |
kctim |
Sep-27-11 08:17 AM |
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How do you know, for certain, that they were his victims? |
MadHound |
Sep-27-11 08:30 AM |
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The OP is about "the youngest person executed in the United States" |
kctim |
Sep-27-11 09:20 AM |
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An eye for an eye soon makes the whole world blind. |
MadHound |
Sep-27-11 09:28 AM |
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Sorry, but I have done research |
kctim |
Sep-27-11 10:27 AM |
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Illuminate us on that research, please. |
Gormy Cuss |
Sep-27-11 11:06 AM |
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Crickets |
Major Nikon |
Sep-27-11 07:53 PM |
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I don't know one way or the other about this poor little guys's |
polly7 |
Sep-27-11 11:31 AM |
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which is why, historically, young men were drafted, and now, recruited. |
dddem |
Sep-27-11 01:39 PM |
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This Sort Of Semantic Blurring Is Nonesense, Sir, And a Dead Tip-Off Honest Argument Is Not Intended |
The Magistrate |
Sep-27-11 11:35 AM |
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Since study after study shows the death penalty to be useless... |
S_E_Fudd |
Sep-27-11 12:44 PM |
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The Disctinction Some Claim Between Vengeance And Justice, Sir, Has Always Eluded Me.... |
The Magistrate |
Sep-27-11 06:18 PM |
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So apparently you believe in an emotional response thinly veiled as justice |
Major Nikon |
Sep-27-11 09:12 PM |
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A Pretty Basic Fellow, Myself, Sir |
The Magistrate |
Sep-27-11 10:09 PM |
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Good for you |
Major Nikon |
Sep-27-11 10:14 PM |
#131 |
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And who are you? |
MadHound |
Sep-27-11 11:59 AM |
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They are nothing alike |
kctim |
Sep-27-11 12:47 PM |
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Just because it has the force of law does not mean... |
S_E_Fudd |
Sep-27-11 12:53 PM |
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What revenge does one get |
kctim |
Sep-27-11 02:16 PM |
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well then, with all due respect, consider these facts, |
dddem |
Sep-27-11 01:42 PM |
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Facts are facts |
kctim |
Sep-27-11 02:12 PM |
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huh? |
dddem |
Sep-27-11 05:38 PM |
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I'm not trying to "win" anything |
kctim |
Sep-28-11 08:29 AM |
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And what about the innocents that the state murders? |
MadHound |
Sep-27-11 10:14 PM |
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And nothing probably will |
Major Nikon |
Sep-27-11 07:56 PM |
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Actually, DNA evidence indicates we were executing innocent people all the time. |
caseymoz |
Sep-27-11 09:12 AM |
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That has nothing to do with the fact that kids younger are executed daily |
kctim |
Sep-27-11 10:29 AM |
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If you just want to hear you're own point, I suggest a blog. |
caseymoz |
Sep-27-11 11:10 AM |
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You can call |
kctim |
Sep-27-11 01:15 PM |
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What understanding of the word execution do you have then? |
caseymoz |
Sep-27-11 03:00 PM |
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And yet, given the circumstances of the murders, there is reason to believe |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Sep-27-11 09:38 AM |
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STFU!!!! |
rbnyc |
Sep-27-11 11:43 AM |
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Oh noes |
kctim |
Sep-27-11 12:30 PM |
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This fucking country |
ellie |
Sep-27-11 08:55 AM |
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This kind of thing happens around the world |
Raine |
Sep-27-11 05:54 PM |
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Yes, but we are the beacon of democracy and freedom |
ellie |
Sep-27-11 06:07 PM |
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Sure, and those places are known as the 3rd world |
Major Nikon |
Sep-27-11 06:43 PM |
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Sickening government-sponsored barbarism |
democrank |
Sep-27-11 09:04 AM |
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Reminds me of Steven King's - The Green Mile |
avaistheone1 |
Sep-27-11 10:48 AM |
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One day, these RW courts will be compared to Germany's Nuremberg Judges/Laws -- |
defendandprotect |
Sep-27-11 11:21 AM |
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Somewhere a GOP mob laughs and applauds |
Politicub |
Sep-27-11 11:41 AM |
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Horrific. |
Arugula Latte |
Sep-27-11 11:41 AM |
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If your psyche can withstand the assault pick up a copy of Without Sanctuary. The images will make |
Citizen Worker |
Sep-27-11 11:42 AM |
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Kicked and recommended. |
Uncle Joe |
Sep-27-11 11:50 AM |
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Even if you support the death penalty in some cases, it should be illegal for minors. |
Liberty Belle |
Sep-27-11 12:02 PM |
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But he was black... |
Glassunion |
Sep-27-11 01:18 PM |
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"the young boy couldn’t have killed two girls" |
greiner3 |
Sep-27-11 01:32 PM |
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This is the part that gets me |
wryter2000 |
Sep-27-11 01:47 PM |
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The world used to be a much rougher place |
CopingBarker |
Sep-27-11 02:43 PM |
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Society isn't evolving fast enough, and these things remind us of what we are capable |
Major Nikon |
Sep-27-11 07:18 PM |
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kick |
Blue_Tires |
Sep-27-11 05:36 PM |
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I would be interested to see how they clear his name |
Raine |
Sep-27-11 06:41 PM |
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I have never heard of this story before, thanks for posting. It is scandalous the history of the |
Jefferson23 |
Sep-27-11 08:18 PM |
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Absolutely appalling!!!!!!!!! |
Beacool |
Sep-27-11 08:39 PM |
#125 |
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OMG what a baby face! How tragic...and the beat goes on. |
Alameda |
Sep-28-11 11:53 AM |
#135 |
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Kids are very capable or murder |
CopingBarker |
Sep-29-11 02:39 PM |
#137 |
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