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From: Elwyn Davies <elwynd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> nick.staff@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > Can you imagine if during every murder trial they had a debate on the
> > humanity of capitol punishment?
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> As a non-US citizen, I am a little hazy about some details of the US
> legal system. Do I assume that this punishment requires the malefactor
> to sit through a set period of congressional filibusters?
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> I look forwards to a Supreme Court ruling outlawing it as a cruel and
> unusual punishment.
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yeah I couldnt agree more. Capitol punishment is barbaric and cruel and the action of vindictive people. Odd though that you assumed I was saying that the use of capitol punishment needed to be defended instead of that the prevention of it needed to be ensured. Either way capitol punishment wa!
s an analogy and whatever country you hail from I'm sure my point applies the same. My point, if you are interested, was that if the penalty for a crime had to be redecided during every trial then trials would take forever and choke an already bottlenecked system. If you can see the parralel to our current situation where once again we debate the breadth and extent of PR-Action policy while we're in the middle of trying to apply it. It's half-assed and juvenile and disorderly to the point of embarrasment. The mature voices are few and far between so we're left with a childish melee that would lose us the respect of any grown-up professional who saw it. It's become a romper room and it's an embarrasment.
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