>>>>>>>>>>Another miscarriage.
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>>>>>>>>>>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/death-row-man-saved-midway-through-last-cheeseburger-1928034.html
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>>>>>>>>>>why on earth would they not DNA test evidence.
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>>>>>>>>>Didn't Kevin just start a thread on this (with, as expected, a diametrically opposed take on the intervention :-} )
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>>>>>>>>I think Kevin would acknowledge that the evidence should be absolutely water tight before a death sentence. Where I would differ with Kevin is that I don't think there should be a death penalty at all whatever the evidence.
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>>>>>>>Actually - I take it back : Kevin does appear to approve of the temporary reprieve.
>>>>>>>IAC, I'm pretty much in your camp on capital punishment in general....
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>>>>>>Same here. If it is a legal option though, then it will be on the table regardless of our views and in that case, there really should not be any possibility of doubt whatsoever if it is one of the sentencing options.
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>>>>>On another note: It seems odd to me that Bernie Madoff got 125 years in the slammer and a murderer will sometimes only get twenty years and is paroled after ten or so. The message seems to be that wallets are more important than human life.
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>>>>Well, in defense of murderers, Madoff completely destroyed more than a couple of lives. I certainly can't find any sympathy in my heart for Madoff.
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>>>I certainly agree with you, Madoff stole the retirement of many many people. He a real pr**k and most certainly his crime is vile and he deserves a life in prison with no salt for his tomato. But then again: Someone who cuts off, or into a family's line of DNA by murder has been just as fowl. Yet in many cases the sentence is much shorter than Madoff's.
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>>Yes, I know. I've made my simple philosophy on murder sentencing clear here before, but in a nutshell, I don't believe in capital punishment, nor do I believe that a person should necessarily be jailed forever. Simply put, a murderer should be jailed only for as long as his/her victim remains dead. The moment the victim comes back to life and rejoins society, the murderer should be freed to rejoin society. Fair's fair.
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>I can just see the murderers out there declaring that their victim has been reincarnated into a new body....the number of murderers publicly declaring their belief in reincarnation would certainly change...

Yeah, but watching them try to prove it could be fun. The prison could sell tickets to pay for their incarceration.