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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
I dont split hairs over it. Im 100% for it in cases where its proven without a doubt that someone deliberately murdered another human.
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Up untill about 4 or 5 years ago, I was right up there with Shani. 100% pro capital punishment. Nothing could sway my opinion. Except...there was a Time magazine article that spotlighted the corruption in the judicial system. Forensic labs that intentionally manipulated the evidence to favor the prosecution. Prosecutors that
knew the evidence pointed elsewhere, pushing through to get a conviction, and another notch on their belts. Investigators that picked a suspect, and only looked at evidence that could help convict
that suspect.
By the time that I had finished reading that article, my views on the death penalty had changed 180 degrees. So long as there is
any chance, that an innocent person is sent to their death, on my behalf, I am opposed to the death penalty.
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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu
Scott Peterson: is there anyone here that doubts he killed his wife and unborn son? Circumstantial evidence convicted him. If a person is found guilty by a panel of their peers of a deliberate and heinous crime, I would personally rather my taxes go into education than supporting that piece of shit.
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A panel of his peers (not experts), convicted him on
circumstantial evidence.
Look. I'm 99.999% positive that Scott Peterson did exactly what he was accused and convicted of. But there is that .001% that leaves that liiiittle bit of doubt. I wasn't there. I don't
know that he did it. A man should be sent to his death because everything
looks like he did it?