Re: [Bulk] Re: Death penalty
"Karl" <[email protected]>
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Well someone obviously disagreed. :-) From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Findlay Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 12:36 PM To: DADL (off topic) Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] [Bulk] Re: Death penalty No case is perfect, hence the burden being beyond a reasonable doubt as opposed to beyond any doubt. So I'm sure there were "flaws", I wouldn't characterize them as legitimate and I wouldn't characterize doubt in that case as being reasonable. Mike F. _____ From: Karl <[email protected]> To: DADL (off topic) <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, November 15, 2010 2:19:33 PM Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] [Bulk] Re: Death penalty I can forward a link about the flaws in the case, if there is genuine interest. I really do not want to revive such an old argument though. My point was simply that the system may not work great but it works. As for the death penalty, I cannot say yea or nay, but I have always wondered why they did not. Karl From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Findlay Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 12:17 PM To: DADL (off topic) Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] [Bulk] Re: Death penalty I didn't say lawyers had anything to do with acquittal in OJ. But they had everything to do with him not being charged with the aggravated circumstances element that would have made him subject to the death penalty. There were no legitimate problems with the DA's case. He killed his ex and Ron Goldman, and he wasn't found innocent; he just wasn't found guilty. There is a difference. MIke f. _____ From: Karl <[email protected]> To: DADL (off topic) <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, November 15, 2010 1:24:20 PM Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] [Bulk] Re: Death penalty While I understand the argument that more money buys better lawyers, in OJ’s case, I don’t think the lawyers were the hinge issue. That said, the OJ verdict was in theory how the system was supposed to work. A jury of his peers acquitted him. Maybe we disagree with the result, but the system should err on the side of innocence, and there was actually some legitimate problems in the DA’s case. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Straight Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 5:10 AM To: DADL (off topic) Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] [Bulk] Re: Death penalty A wrongful acquittal is an argument against the death penalty? Mike F. No, just an example of how inept our system is, and how the difference between "guilty" and "not guilty" seems to be more related to money than whether one committed the crime. DAve -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot