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Death Penalty Debated for California Cop Killer
FoxNews ^ | 4/27/04 | FoxNews

Posted on 04/28/2004 7:09:10 PM PDT by wagglebee

Officer Isaac Espinoza was the first police officer gunned down in the line of duty in San Francisco in nearly a decade, and police want his accused killer to face the death penalty (search) for the crime.

But the city's new District Attorney Kamala Harris search) has said no to the death penalty in this case.

"Based on a long and extensive thought and analysis of the death penalty in the state and the city, based on all of those factors that decision has been made," Harris said.

Harris ran for office on an anti-death penalty platform, but police say this is clearly a capital case regardless of her personal beliefs.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: copkillers; deathpenalty; leo; sanfrancisco
Some people will just never have a clue.
1 posted on 04/28/2004 7:09:10 PM PDT by wagglebee
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To: wagglebee
The fact that this is even being debated reinforces my choice of moving far far away from California.
2 posted on 04/28/2004 7:12:21 PM PDT by annyokie (There are two sides to every argument, but I'm too busy to listen to yours.)
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To: wagglebee
I now see the death penalty as a funding device for the trial lawyers, which is then sent to the liberals.

Let the guy rot in jail. Being a cop killer, I think he'll have a great time.
3 posted on 04/28/2004 7:12:45 PM PDT by gortklattu
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To: annyokie
The vast majority of Californian's would say "kill him!!!"

But I guess this excuse to leave is as good as any.

4 posted on 04/28/2004 7:15:12 PM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: wagglebee
In the meantime, the 16-year old punk who killed a CHP in cold blood to "impress his homies" will be allowed to live a long and full life in the prisons in California where cable TV is the norm.

If they won't kill the little SOB, they should at least set up prisons like in Arizona -- balogna sandwiches and no TV for anyone.

5 posted on 04/28/2004 7:15:38 PM PDT by m87339 (If you could see what a drag it is to be you)
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To: wagglebee
Do I get a vote?
6 posted on 04/28/2004 7:18:35 PM PDT by WayneM
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To: socal_parrot
Shoot, I spent the first 32 years of my life there and loved it all, but, I have cousins who work in Law Enforcement (read guards, they call themselves Corrections Officers because they can't spell "guard" Re: G. Gordon Liddy) and the spleen they vent about the care-taking they have to do with pukey celeb convicts like Robert Downey and Robert Blake and their magazine interviews and NY Times pieces makes them reconsider their large paychecks.
7 posted on 04/28/2004 7:20:51 PM PDT by annyokie (There are two sides to every argument, but I'm too busy to listen to yours.)
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To: wagglebee
Death Penalty Debated

Should we zap him? Should we shoot him? Should we hang him?

I am still debating also...

8 posted on 04/28/2004 7:23:15 PM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes (I will vote Democrat over my dead body. Then I will probably vote 3 or 4 times...)
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To: m87339
Heck, San Diego County jail. They called those "sammitches" Duffy burgers when I lived there.
9 posted on 04/28/2004 7:24:35 PM PDT by annyokie (There are two sides to every argument, but I'm too busy to listen to yours.)
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To: LearnsFromMistakes
"First we shoot him, then we hang him." Reference to unrecalled movie.
10 posted on 04/28/2004 7:25:38 PM PDT by annyokie (There are two sides to every argument, but I'm too busy to listen to yours.)
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To: annyokie
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure would be 1 place...
11 posted on 04/28/2004 7:29:49 PM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes (I will vote Democrat over my dead body. Then I will probably vote 3 or 4 times...)
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To: LearnsFromMistakes
You're right. I know it was somewhere else, though.
12 posted on 04/28/2004 7:31:02 PM PDT by annyokie (There are two sides to every argument, but I'm too busy to listen to yours.)
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To: wagglebee
How long will it be before death squads start handing out their own death sentences ?
13 posted on 04/28/2004 7:43:54 PM PDT by Sam the Sham
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To: wagglebee
He'll be out on the streets in a few years if this woman gets her way!
14 posted on 04/28/2004 8:03:26 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: annyokie
Blazing saddles.
15 posted on 04/28/2004 8:11:48 PM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Pat Tillman took a bullet for me and mine. RIP Ranger Tillman.)
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To: wagglebee
SF needs a case of "Blue Flu".
( Did I say that out-loud? In general, I don't support activist public servants going on strike or semi strike.)
16 posted on 04/28/2004 8:17:03 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: big ern
Bingo! I knew it wasn't Pee Wee.
17 posted on 04/28/2004 8:24:23 PM PDT by annyokie (There are two sides to every argument, but I'm too busy to listen to yours.)
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