| Capital Punishment Debate and defend your political beliefs on whether or not capital punishment is morally right. | 
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds  I think the death penalty should only be administered in a case with HARD evidence! Video, DNA, etc.. |
He admitted murdering his wife and the body was found in his garden. That's pretty hard evidence, even today.
I think you should just always err on the side of caution. After all, so long as life actually means life (which unfortunately is not often the case) the public are protected, the perpetrator is punished and the family know he is being punished.
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds What happened to the man that got convicted? | He's in prison, life without parole. It's in Pennsylvania, that doesn't have a death penalty (neither does Michigan, where I live). | |
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Originally Posted by knot_e_lady He's in prison, life without parole. It's in Pennsylvania, that doesn't have a death penalty (neither does Michigan, where I live). | In that sense, if I were in your shoes, I would want revenge. But I guess it all comes down to the person.. | |
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds In that sense, if I were in your shoes, I would want revenge. But I guess it all comes down to the person.. |
I suppose it's natural to feel that way if somebody murders a loved one but I'm not sure that it's right to take another life, or that it would even make you feel any better.
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Originally Posted by knot_e_lady He's in prison, life without parole. It's in Pennsylvania, that doesn't have a death penalty (neither does Michigan, where I live). | Knot would you have preferred to see that guy executed? Do you think it would have helped you and your family?
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Originally Posted by George He admitted murdering his wife and the body was found in his garden. That's pretty hard evidence, even today.
I think you should just always err on the side of caution. After all, so long as life actually means life (which unfortunately is not often the case) the public are protected, the perpetrator is punished and the family know he is being punished. |
In Timothy Evans case was it ever revealed why he confessed to a murder that he did not commit?
I am fascinated by the phenomena of false confessions because I have a relative who is in prison for child molestation. He supposedly confessed -- I say supposedly because I have never seen a transcript of the confession so I am not sure what he actually said. But I still seriously doubt his guilt.
What brings a man to confess to something that he did not do?
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Originally Posted by CrazyFlamingos In Timothy Evans case was it ever revealed why he confessed to a murder that he did not commit?
I am fascinated by the phenomena of false confessions because I have a relative who is in prison for child molestation. He supposedly confessed -- I say supposedly because I have never seen a transcript of the confession so I am not sure what he actually said. But I still seriously doubt his guilt.
What brings a man to confess to something that he did not do?
| You would be amazed, CF.
I have a book at home about this very same thing.
Interesting article on the subject: Psychology Today: The False Confession | |
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Originally Posted by knot_e_lady | Thanks, Knot. 
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Originally Posted by fxashun If someone harms my wife or my son I'm gonna use every bit of the training the Marine Corp gave me to make sure I put a nice slug right between the person's eyes. There's no substitute for doing it myself. |
You are kinder than I am.
If someone harmed my partner or one of the kids, I would make sure that his/her death was as slow and painful as possible.
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