No Death Penalty for Taylor's Killers; Fifth Suspect Charged; Suspect Pleads Guilty

skinsfan69

I believe very very very strongly in an eye for an eye. If you have the balls to break into someones home, with a gun and shoot a man while he is sleeping with his G/F and child, then I have no damn mercy for you. Would you feel differently if the shooter missed and hit and killed the child?? Sorry but when something like this happens I could give two shits about the law, or the constitution. Just thinking about how all this went down makes me very angry and I feel very sad for ST's child and girlfriend. The child is never going to know her father. Since the shooter can't be put in an alligator pit, or put in front of a firing squad, I hope someone gives him jail justice.

ArtMonkDrillz

How is it so clear cut who the trigger man actually is in this case? Do you have photographic evidence? Are there multiple, credible witness who are all saying the exact same thing? Do you have the murder weapon with his finger prints on it? Was the gunman over the age of 17 when this happened?

Listen, I hope these kids are convicted and sent away for a long, LONG time and I hope every day they spend in prison is worse than the last but there is a process that must be followed for every case or we risk living in a country where the police can kick in your door and drag you off to Room 101 just because your neighbor said she thinks you did something bad.

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Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Rules and laws are important. The notion that emotion should dictate our justice system is quite scary. I'll reiterate my previous statement ... people that believe that the law is insignificant are typically hotheaded, are allowing their emotions to cloud their judgment, and being very short-sighted.

Who decides when it is a "clear cut" case that warrants summary execution? Are there are "rules" governing whether it is a clear cut case? Can the "decider's" opinion be appealed? They do things your way in Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, China, Nazi Germany, and Russia. Maybe you think we've got it all wrong and they've got it all right.

skinsfan69

I believe the guy admitted that he was the triggerman plus the rest of the guys said the same thing. If he didn't do it then why did he confess? He's was 17 when he did the crime and that's old enough to know what the hell you're doing. The process is too long and there is too much BS and wasted tax dollars. I know my way of justice will never ever see the light of day in this country. My point was if it did then we'd see a whole lot less of what happened to ST.

Sheriff Gonna Getcha

The above statement ignores the fact that many people have confessed to crimes which they did not commit. I know a guy who admitted to a crime he did not commit after enduring a 12 hour interrogation in which he was sleep deprived and too young to really think things through. Rivera is almost certainly guilty, but experience proves that oftentimes the "clear cut" cases are not what they seem.

8 year olds are old enough to recognize that when they fire a gun at someone, they can kill them. Should we start executing 8 year olds?

Are you familiar with the legal system, or are you basing your opinion on news articles written by people who are not legal scholars? No offense intended, but people who think that our legal system makes no sense are usually the very same people who have the least amount of experience with and knowledge of the legal system.

That's probably true, but would you want to live in that kind of police state? I'm surprised that you have so little regard for our constitution.

Mattyk

wow didn't take long for this thread to take a retarded turn

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Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Agreed. Apologies to all for my thread-jacking.

skinsfan69

oh c'mon. quit being a party pooper.

skinsfan69

No we don't need to kill 8 year olds. That's not what I'm saying.
We just have different views on it.

FRPLG

I am a death penalty opponent but I think your statement is a gross over-statement.

Mattyk

Why is it a gross overstatement to say that innocent people have been put to death? Is that not true?

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FRPLG

I admittedly don't know the numbers but I consider myself relatively well informed and I know of no cases at all. The assertion that there are numerous such cases is an over statement based on what I know. All in all though even one such case is enough to persuade me against the death penalty anyways. And I am absolutely sure there has been someone executed wrongly. I have no doubts about that at all. Simple statistics so it is a certainty.

FRPLG

My quick online research of Wikipedia(never wrong!) shows that there are only a few highly suspicious cases that may have been wrongful executions in the US. Wrongful execution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia