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RE: Land of the Free? - 12/8/2006 5:21:49 PM

juliaoceania

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ORIGINAL: NeedToUseYou

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ORIGINAL: Chaingang

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I don't know anyone who went to jail that wasn't guilty of a crime...

Please inform yourself:
http://www.innocenceproject.org/

Please quote the whole sentence before telling me to inform myself.

It read. "I don't know anyone who went to jail that wasn't guilty of a crime, though admittedly I'm sure there are."

Reading that link you provided wouldn't mean I knew the person that said they were innocent. I only know people in "real life" and everyone I've actually known(not read about in an article), who has went to jail has technically commited the crime. And even then I said I'm sure they are out there. Of course I've watched shows and read articles about people that were later released because they were innocent, I still don't know anyone that was.

It is estimated that at least 5% of people on death row are innocent, imagine, 5% of people are innocent on death row. That is scary to me because if you really think about it, that means that every person your state executes that is innocent makes you guilty of murder.

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RE: Land of the Free? - 12/8/2006 5:33:26 PM

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What you do is decriminalize non-violent behaviors that are now illegal.

After having picked myself up off the floor having read the above I have decided to break into Chainging's property, in a non violent way, steal anything of value and then say, dont criminalise me I'm non violent I am.

Smoking pot, shooting heroin, prostitution, gambling, taking crack, only really damage the person doing it.

Killing somebody, breaking into their house and stealing everything, raping their pension plan, etc., involve damaging ("breaking in," stealing, or damaging is a form of violence) other people and their assets. This is true whether one is trying to say that they should be allowed to do it because it is "non violent," or whether they are stealing to support their drug habit.

Just me, could be wrong, but there you go.

Sinergy

edited because juliaoceania reminded me of some nice vice crimes.

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RE: Land of the Free? - 12/8/2006 5:40:12 PM

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Didn't they use to refer to these as "vice" crimes? Gambling, prostitution, drugs and the like?

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RE: Land of the Free? - 12/8/2006 6:45:42 PM

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