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- popfodders0
It's the fault of the system. They're not going to give everyone a retrial. What kind of legal precedent would that set? Especially, in this shit economy. Bad luck for that dude. Wrong place; wrong time.
- can you please elaborate what the economy has to do with that?pressplay
- it's the fault of the system - no shit, Einstein.Fax_Benson
- wrong place, wrong time shouldn't really be the US in the 21st centuryFax_Benson
- tough luck, it still is braniacpopfodders
- economy, easily, it's COSTLY for states to have to retry someone. very costly.popfodders
- How costly to retry? Tell me a number in tanks and drone aircraft so I can understand.ben_
- Ancillary0
how about:
FUCK YOU AMERICA?- not every state in the US uses capital punishmentlowimpakt
- seriously? haha America SUX dude! Come on, lets get out of high schooljfletcher
- Majority of U.S. states DO have the death penalty.randommail
- Don't blame me for your country's barbaric laws, Leader Of The Free WorldAncillary
- how about go fuck yourself mass assumptionistpopfodders
- the fact that you're generalizing so bad, puts you in the same group with the people you insult.jfletcher
- The rest of you standing by and letting this happen are just as guilty.zarkonite
- Australia is like a giant New Jersey...dirtydesign
- Hey don't assume that because I'm from Australia I don't hate it too, check the Australia ThreadAncillary
- ukit0
Executing people is barbaric.
- goldieboy0
Innocent until proven guilty? Nope, guilty until proven innocent. Now that's fucked up
- ukit0
- <<FixMiller
- he's even recording music on an iPhone!caput58
- http://www.guardian.…caput58
- fooler0
- Glasses, bald head.mikotondria3
- http://www.qbn.com/t…TresLeches
- sorry for the timeline.
http://articles.cnn.…fooler - I know one has a goatee?74LEO
- lowimpakt0
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
- popfodders0
reminds me of:
in theory good to save him, but he was guilty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dea…)
Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) has been in prison six years, awaiting his execution by lethal injection for killing a teenage couple. Poncelet, located in the Louisiana State Penitentiary,[1] committed the crimes with a man named Carl Vitello (Michael Cullen), who received life imprisonment. As the day of his execution comes closer and closer, Poncelet asks Sister Helen to help him with a final appeal.
She decides to visit him, and he comes across as arrogant, sexist, and racist, not even pretending to feel any kind of remorse. Instead he affirms his innocence, insisting it was Vitello who killed the two teenagers. Convincing an experienced attorney to take on Poncelet's case pro bono, Sister Helen tries to obtain life imprisonment for Poncelet. Over time, after many visits, she establishes a special relationship with him. At the same time, she gets to know Poncelet’s mother (Roberta Maxwell) and the victims’ families. The families don’t understand Sister Helen's efforts to help Poncelet, claiming she is "taking his side." Instead they desire "absolute justice," namely his life for the lives of their children.
Sister Helen’s application for a pardon is declined. Poncelet asks Sister Helen to be his spiritual advisor through the day of execution, and she agrees. Sister Helen tells Poncelet that his redemption is possible only if he takes responsibility for what he did. Just before he is taken from his cell, Poncelet admits to Sister Helen that he killed the boy and raped the girl. During his execution, he appeals to the boy's parents for forgiveness and tells the girl's parents he hopes his death brings them peace. Poncelet is then executed and later given a proper burial. The murdered boy's father attends the ceremony and begins to pray with Sister Helen, ending the film.
- lowimpakt0
capital punishments since 1976
Texas 475
Virginia 109
Oklahoma 96
Florida 69
Missouri 68
Alabama 53
Georgia 52
Ohio 45
North Carolina 43
South Carolina 43
Louisiana 28
Arizona 28
Arkansas 27
Indiana 20
Mississippi 15
Delaware 15
California 13
Illinois 12
Nevada 12
Utah 7
Tennessee 6
Maryland 5
Washington 5
Nebraska 3
Pennsylvania 3
Federal govt 3
Montana 3
Kentucky 3
Oregon 2
Colorado 1
Connecticut 1
Idaho 1
New Mexico 1
South Dakota 1
Wyoming 1
Kansas 0
New Hampshire 0
U.S. Military 0
Total 1,269- Goooooooooooooooooo Texas!kgvs72
- Hawaii ?mikotondria3
- "Alaska and Hawaii, abolished the death penalty prior to statehood"lowimpakt
- gues what george bush and rick perry account for all of them74LEO
- Military: 0
???Handel - Go figures... The Inbred
Republican Teabagger,
God Fearing Red states
lead the charge!utopian - we're number 1! we're number 1!johnny_wobble
- that was sarcasm, by the way.johnny_wobble
- randommail0
The United States is one of the 5 countries with most executions carried out in 2010. Who's ahead of the US? China, North Korea, Iran, and Yemen!
Maybe we should stop trying to win the gold medal in death penalties and focus on improving our shameful educational ranking.
- I don't know why this surprises so many Americans, snap out it Big MacAncillary
- randommail0
Lesson learned. Don't live in the following states:
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wyoming
- ukit0
- of course - how else will the general public be able to tell if you're gay or a communist?flashbender
- what is it with governor from Texas and ill-fitting suits???randommail
- governersrandommail
- governorsrandommail
- i haven't seen a pic of obama with a gun.johnny_wobble
- the Palin one is PS I believe....jfletcher
- NO ITS REALukit
- lolArild
- Ramanisky20
Hey .. No more deatth penalty.
Abolish it now.. Not tomorrow.. Now!!!
- Ancillary0
I rest my case
- ApeRobot0
stupidity is limitless
- BusterBoy0
If there is enough doubt for calls that a man not be extcuted, surely there's enough doubt to have the sentence quashed completely?
- popfodders0
How about you fucking Aussies and Canucks go fuck yourselves and deal with your own situations. How does that sound?
- isakosmo0
there is no justice.... today i'm ashamed to be (half) american.... no excuse and no justice.... talk about a first world country.... public lynching that's what it was. RIP Troy Davis..... the only beautiful thing in this whole ugly story is the way he and his family conducted themselves.... with pride and forgiveness
- Ancillary0
we did already, like 50 years ago when we banned executions