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Consider the Death Penalty... by DesertRat662006-11-19 12:55:59
  NOTHING "deserves" death. If you are for it as a by adiplomat2004-01-15 09:00:24
    I don't quite get you here ... by Slamlander2004-01-15 09:12:39
      If you are a murderer judged incapable of reform, by adiplomat2004-01-15 09:29:40
        I have no problem with that but, by Slamlander2004-01-15 10:19:01
          Dude, "Not Guilty" != "Innocent" by BloodyViking2004-01-15 12:18:46
            In the USA it does! by Slamlander2004-01-15 12:47:26
              Presumed != Proved by BloodyViking2004-01-15 12:51:27
                Let me back up and do this right by Slamlander2004-01-15 13:09:44
                  Correction: by Naruki 2004-01-15 13:20:07
The suspect is _presumed_ innocent. No matter what a court of law _decides_, your innocence or guilt is already a fact (and it may well not match what the court thinks). The court is forced to always be in the role of presuming & "proving", not in redefining reality.

If you shot the person, but there is not enough evidence to convict, you are _still_ guilty. You just unfairly don't get punished.

Likewise, if you didn't, but the DNA evidence shows you handled the gun and witnesses saw you there, etc., and you get the chair, you are _still_ innocent. You just unfairly get punished.

What you said about "they are NOT to be further prosecuted" is just wishful thinking about how you _think_ the system should work. Double jeopardy doesn't even apply in criminal trials to the "same crime, same charge" IF new evidence has been introduced. Let alone to entirely different types of trials.

[ Reply ]
                    Your last para was correct by Slamlander2004-01-15 13:32:59
                      It seems more ludicrous to me by BloodyViking2004-01-15 13:52:07
                        Yes, and why is that? by Slamlander2004-01-15 15:03:40
                          And just how did he manage that? by BloodyViking2004-01-15 15:29:51
                            at the risk of revealing my ignorance :) by gibuu2004-01-15 15:35:45
                              hehe by gibuu2004-01-15 15:40:59
                              The test is "reasonable doubt" by Slamlander2004-01-15 15:42:27
                            Yeah and we all saw Cochran get plenty of that by Slamlander2004-01-15 15:48:23

 

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