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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:38 PM Original message |
Texas is one step away from admitting it executed an INNOCENT man |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. As though Texas |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:52 PM Original message |
Texas... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. But it was Texans who |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Half of the people HERE won't care if he was innocent. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Who HERE wants innocent people executed? Thats not part of any debate |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Strawman. Of course nobody WANTS an innocent person executed. |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I wish you would read the post I did awhile back...it gives an excellent ... |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. You just assumed that no one wants an innocent person |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I don't think it is a baseless ... |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
36. There are a few that imply he was guilty of something/sometime, close enough nt |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Exactly !!! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Huge K & R !!! - More Here: |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Here's the key sentence |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Someday the US in general, and Texas in particular, will move away from this |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. What I Don't Understand About "Christians" |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. This guy was probably innocent. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. -the convicted former illinois governor george ryan... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. scalia has made his views on this topic all too clear: |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. how can any trial that convicts an innocent man be considered fair? |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. Curses! I unrecommended! Any way to fix that? Sorry. |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. No there isn't, but... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. +1 for you and me |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Thanks. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. I've always recommended we move the "State of Israel" to Texas. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. Exactly why i will never take a job in Texas. It just doesn't have basic American protections |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. well, he was white and in an attempt to balance out the death penalty...HE HAD TO GO! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. Report on the Peer Review of the Expert Testimony in the Cases of |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 02:01 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. And it gets worse. This was a railroading by cops and prosecutors. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. Convicted Burglar, Car Thief, Wife beater (while she was pregnant) |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. In other words, he was convicted for his history |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. A history of trying to kill your children... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Executing somebody for a history of crimes that they previously committed but are not on tiral for.. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. He was found guilty. By a jury of his peers. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. Not the first, won't be the last. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. So he lost his kids to a fire then got murdered by the state for it. |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. fuck texas bashers |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Deleted sub-thread |
DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. I had a radical cure for this a few years back |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. He wasn't exactly an ideal poster boy for innocence. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. fuck texas. |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
33. another tragedy caused by repugs. |
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GodlyDemocrat (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
38. Cameron Willingham displayed very odd behavior during the fire |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. The fire was not arson, say numerous experts. |
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GodlyDemocrat (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 02:57 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I'm not trying him for anything, but I don't think as a Texan the capital murder system is just |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. "The fire was not arson"...That's not what the experts said. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Doesn't *or* provide reasonable doubt? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. *Or* can provide a reasonable doubt. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Anyway, people should not be murdered by the state when there is any doubt at all |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Well, slightly different topic than innocence vs. guilt... |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
40. Recommended. (nt) |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
46. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours |
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