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That's one reason why I don't like the death penalty...
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So true, Hedda.
And the apt comment, below, about "FALSE ALLEGATIONS" jumps right off the screen.
" By ROXANNE Wed May 22nd 2013 at 5:25 pm
Love this article, but as usual the very serious problem of false allegations is not mentioned. I think it would be a service to the public to categorize registrants as to why each is on the registry, for example, consensual teen relationship, falsely accused, sting, etc. FYI for naysayers, not all registrants say they were falsely accused, but from my own investigating the percent is about 40%, National innocence projects across the country put the number between 65 and 95%. SCARY…This article also fails to mention that our justice system is corrupt, especially in Texas. Most Americans have no clue how a person goes from accused to indicted to convicted felon. Most think prosecutors are god, and only try a person if they have hard evidence. That is a big, big myth. Prosecutors are rotten to the core. They have put innocent people to death with no accountability for doing it, and they continue to do while knowing we are figuring out their scam. "
sensible article and comments on the wonderfully named site Free Range Kids.
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Gordon Brown, British P.M., 2009: "While Turing was dealt with under the law of the time and we can't put the clock back, his treatment was of course utterly unfair and I am pleased to have the chance to say how deeply sorry I and we all are for what happened to him. Alan and the many thousands of other gay men who were convicted as he was convicted under homophobic laws were treated terribly. Over the years millions more lived in fear of conviction..."
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