>You have to be American to understand this, I guess. (duck!) Too much pride and too little common sense.
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>Tore, I see you're at it again. You don't see me tossing barbs at people from Norway.
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>Either the defense team royally screwed up, or there is some procedural rule along the way that seriously needs to be re-examined. Look at it it this way - at least they stopped (granted, at the last minute) to re-evaluate.

My comment was meant to be funny, so if I offended anyone, I am truly sorry. It was absolutely not my intention.

Anyway, there has been many stories of people who are found to be innocent after they are executed. As the originator of this thread wrote, I find it worrisome that the American authorities never learn from this, and use DNA test every time BEFORE they execute people.