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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:40 AM Original message |
WRONG MAN IS FREED AFTER 22 YEARS IN CELL (DNA) |
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OlderButWiser (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wow! |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. In so many cases-----there is a need to BLAME-----and we get this sort |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. We clearly need to privatize prosecution! |
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OlderButWiser (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Of course I understand |
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OlderButWiser (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Of course there is a need to blame... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I'll say it |
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OlderButWiser (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 07:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
57. Maybe |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. I can't imagine how anyone can survive the anger, hate, and desire |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. You don't. You have to let it go. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. On the inside one learns to live by the adage |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. NJ law allows up to $20,000 per year incarcerated for wrongful conviction |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. What a nightmare for him - glad he's out now!!! |
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Craftsman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
58. Same here |
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Nomad559 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. On the Innocence Project |
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oldgrowth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. He has been in custody since 1985. county jail is not prison? |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. County Jail |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. The 22 years includes time while waiting for his trial |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. That's an interesting site. |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. So When Is That Prosecutor Going To Be Put Under A Criminal Investigation |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. Had he been executed for his alleged crimes.... |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I agree, although I would be tempted to make an exception for |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. What forever frustrates me is |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. When it comes to Black on Black muder |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. The problem is |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. Another innocent man man convicted of murder! That's what I call |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. I don't think he would have been in prison for 22 yrs in VA or TX |
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oldgrowth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. And what so sad so many have a hard time when they get out! |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
15. And this is why I am against the death penalty. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. exactly |
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OlderButWiser (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. My thought is that you should... |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Maybe I'm not to that point yet in my development. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. The death penalty is analogous to torture |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
16. The headline is wrong |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. I noticed that too. |
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Vyan (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
18. That would be number 205 |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Just think how many more would be overturned |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
19. Think how much higher the wrongful conviction rate must be for.. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
21. aww geez, not again! |
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Vyan (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Hundreds of times ... |
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J R (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
24. Just Spoke to Eileen Hall From PA Office |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. The DA's are in charge of the "system" |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
25. Let's hear a shout-out for The Innocence Project! |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. Another reason why we need to BAN the death penalty. |
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renaissanceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Meanwhile, he should sue |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. word |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. TERRIBLE headline. |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Ditto |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. It says something about our educational system. |
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MiserableFailure (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
44. Better to have 100 guilty go free... |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
45. Why did I know he'd be an African American? |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Well it may have helped, had he not confessed. |
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pschoeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. He confessed after 30 hours of continous interrogation |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Ah, okay. I didn't know that. |
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pschoeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. No problem, NY Post's shitty "journalists" left it out, adding the intentionally deceptive headline |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Is there a remote possibility it would have been under duresse? |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. I don't know how he kept his sanity, let alone his sense of humor |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
48. Too bad that after 22 years they freed the wrong man! |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. yeah, that's how I read it too. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. Since he confessed to the crime, I don't see a prob with thinking he did it - |
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