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From: Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Tyson/Paul
Date: 25 Nov 2024 05:57:00 GMT
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On 2024-11-25, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
> On 11/24/2024 11:59 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
 
>> Without googling, I'm guessing "cruel and unusual". Isn't killing
>> someone else's loved one cruel and unusual?  Eye for an eye.

> Yes, it is.  The problem with punishing people is that sometimes they 
> pick the wrong one and execute them.  People have been imprisoned for 
> many years for crimes they did not commit and some have been executed.

I know. I watch C&I TV too. The ones who are finally exonerated usually
get a huge cash settlement. The wrongly executed are societal failures.
How about those caught on video? That's now a thing. 

> It is also proven it is cheaper to keep a prisoner jailed for life than 
> to execute them.

I don't believe that at all. A bullet and a burial is cheaper than a
lifetime of imprisonment and a burial. Cut out the red tape and endless
legal appeals. That's mostly a state issue. Mostly.

> Check out the Innocence Project.

I respect everything they do.