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To: RedMonqey
Twenty years? Why not the death penalty for "thought crimes".

Here in Atlanta we recently had a real criminal sentenced to only 30 years for murdering a mother and her two-year old child...shot the child in the head and then burned both of them in the trunk of their car. Two of the twelve jurors (both "minorities") would not vote for the death penalty. Now we have a man with no criminal record facing 20 years in prison for an opinion. What has Western Civilizian come to. The sad and pathetic fact is that here on a "conservative" web site folks are supporting the "thought crime" arrest. George Orwell is loving this stuff.

35 posted on 11/17/2005 9:02:45 PM PST by crabapple joe
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To: crabapple joe
"Two of the twelve jurors (both "minorities") would not vote for the death penalty. "

It's called jury nullification and its an old racist tactic to nullify an otherwise justly deserved verdict.

Johnny Cochran's style.
57 posted on 11/18/2005 3:04:50 PM PST by RedMonqey (Life is hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.)
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