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Originally Posted by roachboy
i was going to post something to this earlier, but while i was out, host, aberkok, albania, ms. media and ubertuber said what i had in mind to say better than i would have said it.
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I'm in this camp, too.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
in addition to the questions raised in the posts above:
think class stratification.
think uneven access to counsel.
think about who ends up on death row and who does not.
think about what the overwhelming class composition of those who end up being convicted of capital crimes makes the death penalty into.
then maybe you'll understand something of the reasons why i personally oppose it, for whatever that's worth.
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Even after reading on, this is what sticks out for me. If you do enough research you will find that the system of justice is stacked against impoverished non-Whites. On the other side of the coin? It's generally run by White attorneys and judges. The overall system is broken (i.e. not just the justice system), and I haven't even mentioned the death penalty yet. Why is Texas killing so many Black people?
Basically, I wish to say that we should not use this case as a defense of a system reaches far beyond just one incident.
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Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 11-27-2007 at 09:01 PM..
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