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04-16-2008, 10:05 PM
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| Registered User Member Since: Dec 2007 Location: Lusby
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| DNA frees man who spent almost 23 years in prison DNA frees man who spent almost 23 years in prison for rape - Yahoo! News It's sad when years of people's lives are wasted for something they didn't even do...What took so long? |
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04-16-2008, 10:31 PM
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| Lovin' being Texican  Member Since: Jul 2004 Location: So CT
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People being released after 20 and 30 years were convicted on the standards of the day. There was no reliable commodity-DNA testing then convictions were based on witness testimony and other forms of evidence. Nobody was wrong then and nobody should make more of this than it is....application of new science to old cases.
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04-17-2008, 09:05 AM
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| I Need a Life Member Since: Nov 2007
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If anyone has a good reason to sue its this man. Lossing 23 years of your life has got to be worth a lot of money. | |
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04-17-2008, 11:03 AM
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| If DNA is accurate enough for releasing convicted criminals, why isn't it accurate enough to convict suspects who have been acquitted of the crime? If we can go back and retest convicted people, why can't we also go back and retest ones who were wrongfully found innocent? Seems fair to me. |
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04-17-2008, 11:07 AM
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| Repete  Member Since: Jan 2003 Location: Hollywood
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04-18-2008, 04:22 PM
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| I'm the Boss of Me  Member Since: Dec 2006
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| Too bad he wasn't executed for his crimes, then we wouldn't have to worry about him filing a lawsuit against the government. What we need in this country is a looser standard for the death penalty. That way the State can erase their mistakes. Quote:
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