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Originally Posted by maleficent
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Canadian: I don't believe in the death penalty. Ever.
I used to be a strong beliver in the death penalty, from about age teen something to mid twenties. (I used to be strongly pro-life also). But since then I have mellowed, and I have realized that the world can be a fucked up place. I don't think that it serves humanity to execute a criminal, no matter how heinous (sp!) their crime. It only serves to lessen us as a species a little bit lower than we already are.
Besides, there have been too many incidences of the wrong guy being convicted for murder when they didn't do. I can think of several...
Steven Truscott, 14 convicted of muder in Ontario, sentenced to hang. Turns out, he didn't do. Spent 10 or so years in jail.
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/truscott/
Donald Marshall, Nova Scotia, convicted of murder. Turns out, he didn't do it. Released, died a few years ago.
http://www.cbc.ca/lifeandtimes/marshall.html
David Milgard, Saskatchewan, convicted of murder, spent almost 30 years in jail. Turns out the cops framed him, crown hid evidence that could have cleared him. DNA proved he didn't do it. Probably one of the most tragic cases EVER.
http://archives.radio-canada.ca/IDD-...ople/milgaard/
Guy Paul Morin.
Convicted of killing a young girl in 1992. Exonerated by DNA in 1995.
http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view...2/morin980202a
Can't imagine the hell he went through.
I saw a documentary on this one. Again, cops and crown attournies worked to frame him because the cops were "sure" that they had the right guy. Absolutely sick.
The one thing I will never ever ever forget was this fat woman who sat on the jury telling the show that she "knew" he was guilty because when he was testifying, he didn't look the jury in the eye.
Fuck the evidence, I "KNOW" he is guilty, my instincts tell me so.
There's four that I can think of in 5 minutes.
Oh, and add Reubin "Huricane" Carter to that list. There's 5 guys I can think of that were wrongfully committed of murder.
If it had been the United States, most of them would have probably been dead. And when the truth came out, it would have been, "whoops, sorry about that."
No fucking way do I trust juries to be infalable. Most of them are made up of morons too stupid to get out of jury duty.
No, keep them in jail for the rest of their lives, I don't care. But executions are just wrong. No different than the muslim extremists hacking off heads in my opinion.